The international community condemns the ultra-attack on the Brasilia sites

The international community has without exception condemned the attack by Bolsonaro’s followers on the Brazilian Congress, the Supreme Court and the Presidential Palace. The President of the United States, Joe Bidenhas criticized the “attack on democracy” in Brazil, describing it as “excessive”, and has expressed support for his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

“I condemn the attack on democracy and the peaceful transfer of power in Brazil. Brazil’s democratic institutions have our full support and the will of the Brazilian people must not be undermined,” Biden said on his official profile on the social network Twitter.

I condemn the attack on democracy and the peaceful transfer of power in Brazil. Brazil’s democratic institutions have our full support and the will of the Brazilian people must not be undermined. I look forward to continuing to work with @LulaOficial.

—President Biden (@POTUS) January 8, 2023

The European UnionFor his part, he has expressed his “full” support for the President of Brazil and has condemned in the “strongest” terms the “attack” on the headquarters of the three state powers in Brasilia. “The EU reiterates its full support to President Lula and the Brazilian democratic system and expresses its solidarity with the democratic institutions targeted by this attack,” European diplomacy chief Josep Borrell said in a statement.

On behalf of the Twenty-Seven, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has reminded Brazilian political leaders, in particular former President Bolsonaro, that “they must act responsibly and urge their supporters to go home”. “The place to resolve political differences is within Brazil’s democratic institutions and not through violence in the streets,” he added.

Shocked by the acts of violence and illegal occupation of the government district of Brasilia today by violent extremists.

Full support to @LulaOfficial and his administration, Congress and the Federal Supreme Court.

Brazilian democracy will triumph over violence and extremism.

— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) January 8, 2023

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, also joined the condemnation. “I condemn today’s attack on Brazil’s democratic institutions. The will of the Brazilian people and the country’s institutions must be respected,” Guterres said.

Total rejection by Latin American governments

Latin American business leaders, mostly on the left, have rejected the attack. The chairman of ArgentinaAlberto Fernández, has expressed through Twitter his “rejection” of the attacks of the radical Bolsonaristas and expressed his “unconditional support and that of the Argentine people” for Lula in the face of the “coup attempt”.

In the same line, the chairman of ChiliGabriel Boric, has come out in support of Lula and has not hesitated to describe the coup attempt by the ultra-conservatives as a “cowardly and vile attack on democracy”.

For his part, his counterpart ColombianGustavo Petro, also ideologically close to Lula, has called for an emergency meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) to deal with the “coup attempt” in Brazil. “All my solidarity with Lula and the people of Brazil. Fascism decides to stage a coup. The right wing has not been able to enforce the non-violence pact. It is urgent time for an OAS meeting, if it wants to continue living as an institution and only the Democratic Charter,” Petro said in a post on Twitter.

All my solidarity with @LulaOficial and the people of Brazil. Fascism decides to strike.

The rights have failed to maintain the pact of non-violence.

It is urgently time for the OAS meeting if it is to live on as an institution and apply the democratic charter.

— Gustavo Petro (@petrogustavo) January 8, 2023

The chairman of PeruDina Boluarte, has denounced “the use of force” and “the attempt to attack the Congress and the Presidency in Brazil” in a post shared on her personal Twitter account.

Meanwhile, the chairman of MexicoAndrés Manuel López Obrador, not only condemned the attacks, but also pointed to “the leadership of the oligarchic power” in Brazil as responsible.

The government of Nicolás Maduro has now indicated this Venezuela They look with “bewilderment and concern” at the violent actions of “fascist and far-right groups” who, in their view, were “supported by their leaders inside and outside the country”.

We categorically reject the violence of Bolsonaro’s neo-fascist groups that have attacked Brazil’s democratic institutions. Our support @LulaOficial and to the Brazilian people who will surely mobilize in defense of Peace and its President. pic.twitter.com/6oaBXiumjx

—Nicolas Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) January 8, 2023

From right-wing governments, the president Uruguayan, Luis Lacalle Pou, has complained and condemned “the actions carried out in Brazil which threaten democracy and institutions”. This rejection also came from there Ecuadorwhere the president, Guillermo Lasso, has condemned the “actions of disrespect and vandalism” in Brazil, which “affect the democratic order and the security of the citizen”.

Controversial tweet from Cuca Gamarra

The government of Spain and major political parties have condemned the attack. The controversy stems from a message posted by the PP’s parliamentary spokesman Cuca Gamarra on her Twitter account. As he noted in a tweet in response to Sánchez’s condemnation of the events in Brazil, “with you this is now a simple public disorder in Spain…”.

With you in Spain this is now a simple public disorder… https://t.co/O75XlbB1kL

— Cuca Gamarra (@cucagamarra) January 8, 2023

The also general secretary of the PP referred to the reform in the Penal Code of the crime of sedition, which has been withdrawn and replaced by an aggravated crime of public disorder.