Brazil

Trumps Dreams - Also by some Reps?
9 Jan 2023: 
== Rioters storm the Brazilian capital ==
Thousands of supporters of Brazil’s right-wing former president, Jair Bolsonaro, stormed the country’s Congress, Supreme Court and presidential offices in Brasília, the capital, yesterday to protest what they falsely claim was a stolen election. After more than five hours, the authorities said that the military police had retaken control of the site.
The assault was the violent culmination of incessant rhetorical attacks on the nation’s electoral systems by Bolsonaro, who lost a close runoff to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, in October. Lula, who was in São Paulo when the protests erupted, signed an emergency decree allowing the federal government to take additional measures to restore order.
Brazil’s justice minister said that about 200 people had been arrested. Local officials said that the authorities were investigating reports of rioters attacking journalists, smashing windows of ministry buildings and carrying bladed weapons.
Bolsonaro: The former leader has been staying in Florida, where he traveled late last month as his presidency was coming to a close. Since his election loss, his supporters have been camped outside military bases across the country and had called on the armed forces to take control of the government and halt Lula’s recent inauguration.
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* J Wendling: How Trump's allies stoked Brazil Congress attack. bbc, 9 Jan
* Updated Jan. 9, 2023, 10:04 a.m. ET11 minutes ago 11 minutes ago Live Updates: Mass Arrests in Brazil After Anti-Democracy Riots Scores were taken into custody after supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s far-right former president, stormed official buildings in the capital to protest what they falsely believe was a stolen election. 
* Links live by NYT, 9. Jan 23 - cit: The links between Mr Bolsonaro and the Trump movement were highlighted by a meeting in November between the former president and Mr Bolsonaro's son at Mr Trump's Florida resort. During that trip, Eduardo Bolsonaro also spoke to Mr Bannon and Trump adviser Jason Miller, according to reports in the Washington Post and other news outlets. 
* Ali Alexander, a fringe activist who emerged after the 2020 election as one of the leaders of the pro-Trump "Stop the Steal" movement, encouraged the crowds, writing "Do whatever is necessary!" - 5 Jan 20
* bbc~Site, 9. Jan 23
* Bolsonaros "Invitations to a 'party' " The Codes of the (… social media offered free transportation from different parts of the country to Brasília. They advertised "free buses" with "everything for free: water, coffee, lunch, dinner".
The party metaphor continued on the day of the protests on Twitter, where a video was posted showing hundreds of people marching with a long yellow and green banner in Brasilia. The caption reads: "The first guests are arriving… As soon as everyone gets here, the cake can be cut." )
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