US President Joe Biden has conveyed 'unwavering' support to Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a phone call as Brazilian authorities say they are looking into who may have been behind Sunday's attacks
Rallies were held in Brazil in support of democracy a day after protesters stormed into the nation’s halls of power.
Their attack, fueled by the Bolsonaro camp's repeated false assertions that last year's election was stolen, echoed an assault by supporters of ex-president Donald Trump on the US Capitol soon after he lost his 2020 election to Biden. President Biden condemned the violence and the attack on democratic institutions and on the peaceful transfer of power," the statement said.
Also on Monday, police broke down a pro-Bolsonaro encampment outside a military building and detained some 1,200 people there, the justice ministry’s press office told The Associated Press. Lula and the heads of the Supreme Court, Senate and Lower House signed a letter that denounced the attack and said were taking legal measures.
"We think that the worst is over," Dino said, adding that the government is now focused on punishing lawbreakers and those who enabled them.
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