“Violence has no place in a democracy,” tweeted US Chargé d’Affaires in Brasilia Douglas Koneff
The US, the EU and many Latin American countries condemned the invasion of Congress, the Supreme Court and other government buildings in Brasilia by supporters of Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday.
“Violence has no place in a democracy,” tweeted US High Commissioner to Brasilia Douglas Koneff. “We strongly condemn the attacks on the institutions of executive, legislative and judicial power in Brasilia, which is also an attack on democracy. There is no justification for such actions,” he added.
My absolute condemnation of the assault on the democratic institutions of Brazil.
Full support for President @LulaOfficial Da Silva, democratically elected by millions of Brazilians through fair and free elections.
— Charles Michel (@CharlesMichel) January 8, 2023
The US embassy in Brasilia urged US citizens to avoid the area “until further notice”.
The president of the European Council Charles Michel, in a tweet, he also condemned the attack.
Colombia’s leftist president Gustavo Petro expressed his solidarity with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. “Fascism has decided on a coup,” he commented.
The president of Chile, Gabriel Borich, also expressed his government’s full support for Lula, calling it a “brazen attack on democracy”.
We have agreed a bilateral truce with the ELN, the Segunda Marquetalia, the Estado Mayor Central, the AGC and the Sierra Nevada Autodefensas from January 1 to June 30, 2023, extendable according to progress in the negotiations.
Total peace will be a reality.
— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) January 1, 2023
The president of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador he also condemned the “conservative coup attempt” in Brazil, in a tweet.
“Lula is not alone, he has the support of progressive forces in his country, in Mexico, in the Americas and around the world,” Obrador added.
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