Brazil riots: The face of a deeply divided nation
By France24
12 January 2023 |
11:59 am
On Sunday January 8 in Brazil, over 1,500 supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro were arrested after they stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace in the capital Brasilia.
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