MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST:
On Sunday, thousands of rioters stormed government buildings in Brazil's capital, Brasilia.
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UNIDENTIFIED GROUP: (Chanting in non-English language).
KELLY: Chants of God, homeland, family and liberty as crowds ransacked the country's Congress and Supreme Court and vandalized the presidential palace - the rioters were supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who has continued to spread false claims that the election last year that ousted him was rigged. And the reality is what happened on Sunday was not altogether unexpected.
OLIVER STUENKEL: For the past two years, since attackers invaded the Capitol in Washington, analysts have been saying that something similar could happen in Brazil.
KELLY: That is Oliver Stuenkel, a professor of international relations at the Getulio Vargas Foundation in Brazil. He told NPR that what we saw happening on Sunday in Brasilia could itself have a knock-on effect elsewhere in the hemisphere.
STUENKEL: Just like the United States inspiring political events around the world, Brazil is the largest country in Latin America. And during the past four years, several leaders across the region have emerged that certainly inspire themselves in Bolsonaros.
KELLY: CONSIDER THIS - there are obvious parallels between the attacks on democratic institutions in Brasilia on Sunday and in Washington two years ago. But they are also part of a broader pattern of transnational extremism. We'll...
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