When Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s elections in late October 2022, the leftist leader pledged to govern Brazil without discriminating against anyone for ideological reasons, insisting “there are not two Brazils”.
The vow came in the aftermath of what some had called arguably Brazil’s most divisive and polarising election since the country’s return to democracy.
Four months later, on January 8, Brazil’s democracy was shaken after thousands of supporters of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro invaded and ransacked the Planalto Palace (President’s office), Congress and the Supreme Federal Court in the nation’s capital, Brasilia.
Lula then decreed a federal intervention, allowing the army to contain the thousands who bypassed security barricades - pledging to hold them accountable and investigate who had financially supported it.
On January 9, Lula held meetings with military commanders, state governors and world leaders who he said were “unanimous in defence and support of democracy in our country” while large-scale pro-democracy rallies took place across Brazil.
The Supreme Court also removed Governor of the Federal District Ibaneis Rocha from his post for three months.
On January 10, authorities also ordered the arrest of ex-Bolsonaro justice minister Anderson Torres who was...
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