President Joe Biden welcomed Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to the White House on Feb. 10, saying that “both of our democracies have been tested of late” and in both countries, “democracy prevailed.”
Biden’s comments referred to the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021, and this year’s Jan. 8 event, when supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed the capital and flooded into the Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential offices.
