White House Responds After Pro-Bolsonaro Protesters Breach Brazilian Congress

White House Responds After Pro-Bolsonaro Protesters Breach Brazilian Congress
Security forces confront supporters of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro as they breach the Planalto Presidential Palace in Brasilia on Jan. 8, 2023.Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images
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The Biden administration on Sunday condemned Brazilian protesters who broke through security blockades and breached the country’s national Congress, presidential palace, and Supreme Court.

“Using violence to attack democratic institutions is always unacceptable. We join [President Luiz Inacio Lula Silva] in urging an immediate end to these actions,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote Sunday on Twitter.

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