Summary: <p><span>On Sunday, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/01/09/world/brazil-congress-riots-bolsonaro">thousands of supporters of Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro attacked the nation’s highest seats of power in the capital Brasília</a>, just a week after President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was inaugurated on Jan. 1. They were protesting what they falsely claim was a stolen election. Pro-Bolsonaro protesters stormed Brazil’s Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace in <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/brazil-jair-bolsonaro-lula-january-6-riot-populism/672678/">striking similarities to the U.S.'s Jan 6. Insurrection</a>.</span></p> <p>We speak to<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/macmargolis">Mac Margolis</a>, <span>contributing columnist focusing on Brazilian and Latin American politics for The Washington Post Global Opinions, and author of<span> </span><em>Last New World: The Conquest of the Amazon Frontier</em>, and<span> </span><a href="https://www.yaschamounk.com">Yascha Mounk</a></span>, professor of international affairs at Johns Hopkins University, and author of<span> </span><em>The Great Experiment: Why Diverse Democracies Fall Apart and How They Can Endure.</em></p>
