Mexico City, Jan 9 (EFE).- The President of the United States, Joe Biden; The one from Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, condemned this Monday the “attacks” on different “democratic institutions” in Brazil by radical followers of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
“We support Brazil and the defense of its democratic institutions,” the three presidents said in a joint statement on the eve of the North American Leaders Summit that will bring them together in Mexico City.
Biden, López Obrador and Trudeau condemned “the January 8 attacks on Brazil’s democracy and the peaceful transfer of power” and closed ranks with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
“Our governments support the free will of the people of Brazil. We look forward to working with President Lula on behalf of our countries, the Western Hemisphere and beyond,” the US leaders said.
The assault on Congress, the Presidency and the Supreme Court was only resolved after several hours of confusion, when riot agents charged and fired tear gas against the exalted who were inside and outside the buildings.
These radical far-right groups are unaware of Lula’s victory at the polls, who took power on January 1, and have been demanding a military “intervention” ever since to return Bolsonaro to power.
The progressive president accused the now ex-president, who is currently in the United States with no plans to return to Brazil, of “stimulating” the assault on the three powers, which lasted about four and a half hours until the security forces recovered control of public buildings.
Bolsonaro, a retired Army captain and nostalgic for the Brazilian dictatorship (1964-1985), rejected the accusations of the current head of state and condemned the violent invasion and the serious destruction of his supporters in the Three Powers square in Brasilia. EFE
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