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Brazil: The Mob Leaves Its Mark
The assault on Brazilian state institutions purposely evoked the 2021 incursion into the U.S. Capitol.
As in the aftermath of that event, the job of law enforcement overlaps with the more delicate task of identifying the political and financial circles that made the riot possible.
- ICG
On 8 January, a mob of far-right supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the main institutions of the Brazilian state, shining a harsh light on the country’s political divisions.
For more than two months after Brazil’s 2022 election, which Bolsonaro lost to current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the militants had been camping just outside army headquarters in Brasília, calling for a…