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Brazil insurrection: how so many Brazilians came to attack their own government

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par Guilherme Casarões, Professor of Political Science, São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV/EAESP)

The storming of the three main symbols of the Brazilian republic – the supreme court, the national congress and the presidential palace – is the kind of event that could shape the country’s history. While Brazil has gone through military coups and social turmoil since it became independent in 1822, never before have Brazilians witnessed such widespread disregard for political institutions.

This is a story that starts around 2018, when Jair…

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