Pope Francisco He lamented “the tensions” and “violence” in various countries of the American continent gripped by political crises, including Brazil, where Bolsonarists invaded the seats of power on Sunday. “I am thinking of the numerous political crises in various countries of the American continent, with their burden of tensions and forms of violence that exacerbate social conflicts,” the head of the Catholic Church declared on Monday in a speech before the diplomatic corps.
“I am thinking especially of what happened recently in Peru and in the last few hours in Brazil,” he added, words that were not in the previously released speech. The Supreme Pontiff described as “worrying” the “weakening, in many parts of the world, of democracy.”
On Sunday, thousands of Bolsonaristas broke through police barriers and stormed Congress, the presidential palace and the supreme court in Brasilia, smashing windows and vandalizing offices.
Brazilian authorities quickly launched their investigations, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvawho took office on January 1, promised that “the coup plotters” will be “punished.”
INTERNATIONAL REPUDIATION AND CONDEMNATION
Since USA a Chinagoing through the European Union, Russia Y Latin Americanumerous countries condemned the attack by supporters of the ex-right-wing Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro to Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace, which some consider a “coup attempt” and “fascist”, and expressed their unwavering support for President Lula da Silva.
The United States President of Joe Biden described what happened as “scandalous” and his national security adviser Jake Sullivansaid Washington “condemns any attempt to undermine democracy.”
“Our support for Brazil’s democratic institutions is unwavering. Brazil’s democracy will not be shaken by violence,” Sullivan said in Twitter.
China “firmly opposes the violent attack” against the seats of power in Brazil, declared the spokesman for the foreign ministry, Wang Wenbinnoting that Beijing “supports the measures taken by the Brazilian government to calm the situation, restore social order and preserve national stability.”
From Russia the Kremlin He said he condemned “in the most firm way the actions of the instigators” of the riots, and affirmed that he supported “fully the Brazilian president.”
Canada condemned the intrusion and expressed its “support for President Lula and the democratic institutions of Brazil.” “Respect for the democratic right of the people is paramount in any democracy,” he wrote in his Twitter account. Twitter the first Minister, Justin Trudeau.
“The coup attempt by the Brazilian conservatives, encouraged by the leadership of the oligarchic power, their spokesmen and fanatics, is reprehensible and undemocratic,” said the president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador in the same social network. “Lula is not alone, she has the support of the progressive forces of her country, of Mexico, of the American continent and of the world,” she added.
