In view of these violent riots in Brazil, about 1500 people have been arrested. Violent demonstrations are taking place for Bolsonaro to be reinstated on the throne, he is currently hospitalized in Florida, USA, thousands of kilometers away.
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People are on the streets. They are creating orgy on the streets with placards in their hands and shouting slogans. They also climbed the roofs and are breaking the windows too. these circumstances Brazil are of. The situation in the country has become so bad that people have attacked all government buildings including the Supreme Court and Rashtrapati Bhavan. these people former president jair bolsonaro There are supporters of, who are demanding that Bolsonaro be re-elected as President. In view of these violent riots in Brazil, about 1500 people have been arrested. Violent demonstrations are taking place for Bolsonaro to be reinstated on the throne, he is currently hospitalized in Florida, USA, thousands of kilometers away.
- According to a BBC report, the authorities arrested 1200 people on Monday, while around 300 people were detained on Sunday-Monday. The country’s Justice Minister Flavio Dino has told that about 40 buses used to take the protesters to the capital have been confiscated.
- The Supreme Court has removed the governor of Brasilia, Ibanes Rocha, from office for 90 days for failing to stop the riots. Rocha has apologized for the violence.
- Protesters dressed in yellow and green shirts, the colors of the Brazilian flag, also ransacked buildings in the capital Brasilia late on Monday night. Thousands of protesters broke through the security cordon, climbed onto rooftops, broke windows and stormed three buildings. Protesters are demanding the armed forces to intervene and Bolsonaro to be re-elected as president, refusing to accept the election results.
- Police fired tear gas to retake control of the buildings from the protesters. At 6.30 pm local time, less than four hours after the attack, security forces were seen dispersing the protesters. However, by then a lot of damage had already been done.
- Supporters of Bolsonaro created this ruckus a week after President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office. Bolsonaro had refused to accept the election results against him, since then his supporters have been demonstrating. Many world leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi have condemned these attacks.
- Protesters were seen wearing green and yellow clothing reflecting the national flag, which has become a symbol of the country’s conservative movement. Bolsonaro’s supporters are often seen wearing clothes of this colour. Bolsonaro had moved to Florida even before Lula da Silva took office. He is currently admitted to the hospital after complaining of stomach pain. He has not yet commented on these violent demonstrations.
- Amid protests, Lula da Silva said that Bolsonaro incited people to revolt. He called the protesters fascist radicals. Lula da Silva said, this has never happened before and these people need to be punished.
- Lula da Silva defeated Bolsonaro in the October 30 election, after which many of his supporters took to the streets across the country and refused to accept the election results.
- World leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have condemned the violent protests in Brazil.
- A similar incident was also seen in America, when Donald Trump did not accept defeat in the 2020 presidential election and made allegations of fraud in the election. Amidst these allegations of Trump, his alleged supporters had committed violence in the Parliament House complex on January 6.
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