On January 8, 2023, hundreds of supporters of Brazil’s right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed federal buildings within the nation’s capital. Their purpose? Overthrow the outcomes of an election they claimed was rigged, regardless of no credible proof of fraud.
If that sounds acquainted, that’s as a result of it’s. Brazil’s January 8 regarded quite a bit just like the January 6 assault on the US capital, simply two years earlier: mob violence, an riot, and a defeated chief who refused to concede.
However the aftermath couldn’t be extra totally different. Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year jail sentence, whereas Donald Trump is president, once more.
So how did two democracies, going through comparable threats, find yourself with such totally different outcomes? This video explains how Brazil’s democratic system labored to carry “the Trump of the Tropics” accountable and what america might be taught from the aftermath.
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