On Sunday, supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro entered the Brazilian government headquarters, Congress and the Federal Supreme Court, causing destruction and demanding a coup. In response, the Uruguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement through social networks, condemning “the episodes of violence against institutions in Brazil” and calling to “respect the rule of law, democracy and its government.”
President Luis Lacalle Pou supported this statement and added: “We regret and condemn the actions carried out in Brazil, which threaten democracy and institutions.” The Vice President of the Republic, Beatriz Argimonalso spoke on social networks: “We strongly condemn what happened and request absolute respect for the Rule of Law, its government and Full Democracy.”
For his part, he Broad Front (FA) published a statement in which it assured that “the hate speech that promotes” these actions “is a very serious attack on democratic institutions.” “Our political force repudiates this coup riot and reaffirms its solidarity with the democratic institutions in Brazil”, they affirmed. They compared the episode to that lived in the United States in January 2021, after Joe Biden was elected president and his inauguration was close.
The National Party (PN) was more concise and brief in its statement: in two sentences, it condemned the acts of violence and “the attack against the institutions in Brazil” and urged “respect the rule of law, democracy and democratic government.” elect”.
