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Jan 6 Style Insurrection in Brazil

Supporters of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro hold a demonstration at the Esplanada dos Ministerios in Brasilia on January 8, 2023. - Brazilian police used tear gas Sunday to repel hundreds of supporters of... Supporters of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro hold a demonstration at the Esplanada dos Ministerios in Brasilia on January 8, 2023. - Brazilian police used tear gas Sunday to repel hundreds of supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro after they stormed onto Congress grounds one week after President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's inauguration, an AFP photographer witnessed. (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP) (Photo by EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images) MORE LESS

By Josh Marshall

January 8, 2023 2:22 p.m.

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Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have stormed the seat of the Brazilian Congress after breaking through armed forces cordons. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has already been sworn in as president several days ago and Bolsonaro himself left the...

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