Brazil's success in protecting its democracy gives hope
Defeat of populist leader’s bid to cling to power shows strength of its institutions
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Defeat of populist leader’s bid to cling to power shows strength of its institutions
Brazilian authorities moved Monday to upgrade security at government buildings ransacked by rioters, and formally charged 39 people with crimes against the state in the violent January 8 uprising.
Authorities are seeking to identify anyone who helped fund or organise the storming of government offices in Brasilia.
For two years we have debated whether the essential feature of the January 6 riot, the mob stirred up to storm the Capitol in frustration over the 2020 election, was the ambition in the background or the futility and unreality up front.
Brazil is widening its investigations into how thousands of supporters of former president ransacked government buildings. But with Jair Bolsonaro still in Florida, Democratic lawmakers want him out.