Brazil divided after the Bolsonarian invasion of government buildings

By Athena Papakosta

Authorities in Brazil vow to protect democracy and punish the former president’s thousands of supporters Jair Bolsonaro who rushed to the seats of the three powers of Brazil.

The “Donald Trump of the Tropics” for many defeated on October 30 by leftist Luis Ignacio Lula Da Silva and since then he has not congratulated his opponent. Throughout the election campaign he tried, like a bad dream, to exorcise the defeat he saw awaiting him by leaving hints about the reliability of the country’s electoral system. From October 30 until today, he has not accepted his defeat and of course he has not even provided the necessary evidence for his allegations of fraud.

All this time his supporters were lurking. Camping in open spaces – even outside military bases – blocking roads and setting fire to parked cars they called for a coup (!) to overthrow Da Silva. The army didn’t do them the “favor” and they joined forces to attack what they consider an enemy to their country, democracy. After all, the slogan had already been given weeks before. “I am worried that Brazil is losing its freedom,” declared Jair Bolsonaro, luring the masses into populism and convincing them that without him Brazil is under threat.

Their invasion of the government buildings of Congress, the Presidential Palace and the Supreme Court of the country looks like “carbon” to that of Trump supporters, January 2021. It happened two years and two days later than the one in the United States Capitol, and no one can now say with certainty that in the states where populism has grown, a copy of the same nightmare that covered the USA in 2021 and will cover 2023 will not happen again Brazil.

Latin America’s largest and most populous country, Brazil, is divided. Of course, we knew this even before we saw on our TV sets these images that reminded us of a civil war, the extensive episodes and the chaos that give rise to such moments.

In the early hours of Monday morning, analysts noted that many of Bolsonaro’s supporters were not only protesting their leader’s defeat, but also that it came from Lula da Silva himself, the laborer, trade unionist, and corruption defendant who served the sentence of three years ago.

For his part, Da Silva, 77, promised a week ago – during his inauguration – to unite this divided country. For him, with his election, the Republic won and he pledged to build a Brazil for everyone. But his goal, if it is to be achieved, will have to be hard won by building on the wreckage left behind by the country’s former president. If the stake before was already high, today it seems even bigger.

In Brazil the anger is overflowing and the extreme right in the country is scaring not only Brasilia but all of Latin America. Fortunately, it failed this time too. But the wounds of the past still remain open.

Now, the Lula government is on the hunt for Bolsonaro’s supporters-invaders. Already on Monday night at least 1,500 were in custody while putting under federal command all the security forces until January 31 every institution, civil or military will have to be accountable to the person designated by Lula who was put in charge. Camps of Bolsonaro supporters are being dismantled while those bus drivers who transported the invaders to the Esplanade, which houses the seats of the three powers, are also being watched. A question that remains unanswered is what will happen to the police since many officers appeared to accompany the protesters instead of being on the lookout for any possible invasion of government buildings. While of course the question remains how and when the new wound in the heart of Brazilian democracy will be healed.

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