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Name: Brazil vs US: Capital riots compared
Uploaded: 2023-01-13T23:25:12.756Z
Duration: 3 min 18 s

Brazil vs US: Capital riots compared

Published 13 January 2023, 11:17 pm

Brazil's Presidential Palace, the Supreme Court and the National Congress in Brasília were all invaded by protesters in an act of defiance against the October 2022 election result, where far-right president Jair Bolsonaro was ousted from government. The overwhelming display of political symbols, colours and violence were scenes that the world had witnessed before - almost exactly two years earlier - in the US.

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