Why Must Brazil Import the Worst Aspects of America?

Witnessing the events of January 8, 2023, with their eerie similarities to those of January 6, 2021, at Washington, prompts this plea: Start the revolution without me.

AP/Eraldo Peres
Supporters of Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, storm the the National Congress building at Brasilia January 8, 2023. AP/Eraldo Peres

RIO DE JANEIRO — Having somehow survived 50 years in the so-called Marvelous City, Rio de Janeiro, this correspondent can attest that Brazil is definitely not for beginners.

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