Regional Leaders React to Violent Attack on Brazil’s Government
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On Sunday, supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brazil’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential offices over false claims of electoral fraud, a week after the inauguration of the country’s new president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Leaders from throughout the Western Hemisphere rushed to condemn the attacks on Brazil’s democratic institutions.
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