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Brazil capital reels after anti-Lula rioters storm Congress and presidential palace

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s capital was recovering early Monday from an insurrection by thousands of supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed the country’s top government institutions, leaving a trail of destruction and testing the leadership of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva just a week after he took office.

Tribune News Service

EXPLAINER: Roots of the Brazilian capital's chaotic uprising

Thousands of Brazilians who support former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Supreme Court, presidential palace and Congress on Jan. 8 in an episode that closely resembled the U.S. Capitol insurrection in 2021

The Independent UK

Brazil and Jan. 6 in US: Parallel attacks, but not identical

The scenes of supporters of Brazil's defeated president Jair Bolsonaro breaking into government buildings that are the very symbol of their country’s democracy brought back memories of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

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Bolsonaro lays low in Florida as Brazil cracks down on riots by his supporters

Brazilian authorities arrested over 1,500 people following Sunday's assault on top government buildings by supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, who's taken temporary residence in the U.S.

WEKU

Biden and Lula speak after January 6-style insurrection rocks Brazil

Attack was widely condemned by Democrats in US while GOP largely remained silent

The Independent UK

Ex Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro admitted to hospital in Florida

Far-right former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida on Monday as about 1,000 of his supporters were rounded up in Brasilia after storming the capital.

Evening Standard

Bolsonaro’s Florida stay pressures Biden after Brasilia riot

Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s presence in the U.S. has turned into a diplomatic quandary for President Joe Biden after Bolsonaro's supporters stormed government buildings in Brasilia over the weekend.

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Brazil: swift and robust response to the insurrection highlights the strength of democracy

Brazil’s state institutions, including the recently installed government of Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, have reacted swiftly in the wake of the riots in Brasilia last weekend. Hundreds of rioters have already been arrested and the state governor of the federal district has been suspended for his sluggish and ineffective…

The Conversation

Minions, KFC, insurrection, ER: Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s life in his new Florida hideaway

Mr Bolsonaro has been photographed meeting with supporters, shopping for groceries, and eating fried chicken all around Florida -- all while lawmakers call for his extradition back to Brazil. Graig Graziosi investigates

The Independent UK

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro admitted to US hospital

Bolsonaro’s hospitalisation in Florida follows an attack by his supporters against key government offices in Brazil.

Al Jazeera

Brazil riots raise questions of efficiency and loyalty of security forces

The storming of Brazil’s seat of power by a mob of supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro has put the spotlight on Brazil’s security forces, raising questions about their unpreparedness and incompetence, and perhaps even their complicity with protesters demanding the overturning of a democractic vote.

France 24

The Loop: Jair Bolsonaro hospitalised, federal government promises ADF support to flooded WA, Damar Hamlin released from Cincinnati hospital

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick look at this morning's stories as they happen.

ABC News

Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro reportedly hospitalized in Florida for ‘severe’ abdominal pain

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro is being treated for “severe” abdominal pain at an Orlando-area hospital, a day after supporters of the right-wing leader stormed government buildings in his home country, according to Brazilian media reports.

Orlando Sentinel

As Brazil reels from riots, Bolsonaro finds home in Florida

As Brazil reels from mobs of rioters swarming its seats of power, its former leader has decamped to a Florida resort, where droves of supporters flocked to cheer on their ousted president

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Salon

Despite laws, deforestation not stopping

Even with strict regulations, protected areas are losing forest to weakened environmental policies

Reuters

Chile, Colombia call for extraordinary OAS meeting after Brazil riots

Chilean President Gabriel Boric called for an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Monday to address riots in Brazil where supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed top government buildings.

Daily Mirror

Far-right rioters hunted for storming Brazil's seats of power after Bolsonaro defeat

Copying the bid by Donald Trump’s violent MAGA supporters to overturn the country’s democracy, Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace were invaded

Evening Standard

Brazil: Around 1,200 arrested after ex-president Bolsonaro supporters storm Congress

Supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro ransacked state buildings in the capital in chaotic scenes

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Reuters

Brazil's Bolsonaro hospitalized in U.S. with intestinal discomfort

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida with intestinal discomfort due to a stabbing he suffered during the 2018 election campaign, his wife Michelle Bolsonaro said on Monday on Instagram.

Salon

Steve Bannon's key role in Brazil riots

Bannon and other Trump associates played a key role in stoking conspiracy theories before Sunday's attacks

The Independent UK

Bolsonaro posts photo from Florida hospital bed – a day after supporters stormed Brazil’s Congress

The country’s current president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has accused Mr Bolsonaro of inciting his supporters to storm a number of federal buildings in Brasilia over the weekend

Reuters

White House: U.S. has received no requests from Brazil on Bolsonaro

The United States has not received any official requests from the Brazilian government regarding the status of former President Jair Bolsonaro after his supporters stormed Brazil's Congress, the White House said on Monday.

WEKU

Why Jair Bolsonaro left Brazil for Florida (and what Biden could do about it)

Brazil's far-right ex-president was lying low in Orlando, Fla., as a mob of his supporters stormed government buildings this weekend. Analysts say the move insulates him from possible legal jeopardy.

Reuters

Brazil's Bolsonaro hospitalized in the U.S. with abdominal pain - report

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Orlando, Florida, with "abdominal pain," newspaper O Globo reported on Monday, a day after some of his hardcore supporters stormed the capital city of Brasilia.

The Independent UK

What are the key differences between the Jan 6 and Brazil riots?

Both incidents saw misguided supporters of right-wing populist leaders storm government buildings in protest at imagined election fraud

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