Cloud coup-coup land: riots in Brazil

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In a scene reminiscent of the US Capitol riot two years ago, supporters of Brazil’s defeated president <a href="https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2023/01/09/supporters-of-jair-bolsonaro-mount-an-insurrection-in-brazil?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source= ...  Show more

After Jair Bolsonaro lost October’s Brazilian presidential election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, many believed that the threat of violence from the defeated leader’s supporters would recede. They were wrong. 

Mr. Bolsonaro had spent years sewing doubt and undermining Br ...

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