Far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida as more than 1,500 of his supporters were rounded up in Brasilia after storming the capital over the weekend
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a leftist who took office on Jan. 1 after defeating Bolsonaro in an October vote, promised to bring those responsible for the violence to justice. The mobs rampaged through Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential offices, smashing windows, furniture and artwork.related to a stabbing he suffered during the 2018 election campaign, his wife, Michelle, said on Instagram.
Representative Joaquin Castro, a Democratic lawmaker in the U.S. Congress, said on CNN that the United States should not give refuge to an "authoritarian who has inspired domestic terrorism" and should send Bolsonaro back to Brazil.U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said a person who entered on a visa for foreign officials must depart the country within 30 days or apply for a change of immigration status if they are no longer engaged in official business.
Restoring order in the Brazilian capital, Brazilian soldiers backed by police on Monday dismantled a two-month-old camp opposite the army's headquarters where Bolsonaro supporters have been protesting since he lost the election, according to Reuters witnesses. Some 1,200 people from the camp were detained for questioning on Monday, authorities said, after about 300 arrests on Sunday.in the worst attack on state institutions since Brazil's return to democracy in the 1980s.A demonstrator reacts next to members of security forces as supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro leave a camp outside the Army Headquarters, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 9, 2023.
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