Mon Jan 9, 2023 – 12:24 pm ESTMon Jan 9, 2023 – 12:43 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) – At least several hundred arrests have been made following a march on the Capitol of Brazil that saw thousands of apparent supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro break into and damage buildings that house the nation’s three governmental bodies.
The demonstration has earned condemnation from multiple heads of state, including Bolsonaro, who lost his re-election bid to far-left challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva last fall by a razor thin margin. Protests had been taking place in multiple cities across the country for weeks on end over concerns the race was stolen.
Someone needs to check if Ray Epps has flown to Brazil. pic.twitter.com/Nw20R2fWkc
— Libertarian Party Mises Caucus (@LPMisesCaucus) January 8, 2023
Bolsonaro, who is now living in Florida after skipping out on Lula’s inauguration two weeks ago, rebuked the vandalism Sunday, tweeting, “Peaceful demonstrations, in the form of the law, are part of democracy. However, depredations and invasions of public buildings as occurred today, as well as those practiced by the left in 2013 and 2017, escape the rule.”
“Throughout my mandate,” he continued, “I have
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