Protesters have stormed Brazil's capitol Brasilia against far-left President Lula. Fox News. Protesters broke into the capitol, congressional building and the presidential palace. Lula was not present during the protests. Lula was elected last year but many Brazilians believe that the election was stolen from Jair Bolsanaro, who also not in Brasilia right now. Bolsanaro supporters have been protesting since the election on October 30th 2022. Local police and other security forces appear to have taken back the occupied buildings.
My Comment:
It was very hard to find a news report that's even close to being neutral about this incident. Not even the Fox News/AP report mentioned that the protesters may have legitimate concerns. It just goes to show how utterly biased American media is against anything they consider anti-mainstream.
I personally think that the Brazilians are right to protest against Lula. The election was very close and if there was even a little voter fraud it's very possible that he wasn't elected legitimately. South American elections are even worse than North American ones and I wouldn't be surprised if there was widespread voter fraud on both sides.
Furthermore Lula is acting like he has a mandate but he obviously does not if he barely won the election. Given that he is far left compared to Bolsanaro that's a very good reason to protest against him. I personally think all leftist governments should fall and their leaders should be imprisoned at least. He has no reason to be taking the actions he is taking right now.
With that being said, this protest didn't seem to accomplish much. It happened on a Sunday and basically nobody was in town that day. All they did was trash some buildings which isn't how you get a new government. And it sounds like they have already been cleared out with many people being arrested. Much better to storm the buildings when Lula was there and keep him hostage until he resigns.
Of course there are people already calling this a false flag, brining reminders of Ray Epps and the January 6th protests. I personally think if that's the case it's a lot more like the coup in Turkey where Tayyip Erdogan used it as an excuse to purge his political enemies. I am sure that Lula, far from being threatened by these protests, is salivating at the thought at throwing Bolsanaro and his supporters into prison for the rest of their lives.
For the protesters all I can say is that they should double down. If they have any hope at all they have to commit. If they drop the protests now Lula will use it as an excuse to crack down on all resistance and it's very likely they will never win an election again. Indeed, if the choices are continuing to protest or spending the rest of their lives in prison, I know what I would choose. They have everything to gain by continuing and everything to lose by giving up.
As for Bolsanaro himself, he's in trouble. I don't expect the American government to protect him as he is in the country right now for some reason. Indeed, he's probably more at risk here in Florida than he is in Brazil. At least in Brazil he has supporters that can protect him, not so much in Florida. He should go home and lead these protests if he wants to survive. Keep in mind it doesn't appear that Bolsanaro has nothing to do with these protests in the first place.
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