What Brazil’s Own Capitol Riot Means for Lula
Damaged windows inside the presidential palace in the Brazilian capital on Sunday.
Photographer: Eraldo Peres/APThe precedent was hard to ignore as key government institutions in Brazil were stormed by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who ran amok in downtown Brasilia.
As the destruction from yesterday’s rioting is cleaned up, the question is whether the insurrectionists will have furthered their far-right goals or instead bolstered the object of their rage, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.