National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the United States condemns attempts to undermine democracy in Brazil, and President Joe Biden is watching the situation closely. He announced this on his own page. twitter.
“The United States condemns any attempt to undermine democracy in Brazil. President Biden is monitoring the situation closely and we support Brazil’s democratic institutions without hesitation. “Brazilian democracy will not be violently shaken,” Sullivan wrote.
The situation in Brazil was also commented on by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. He described the use of violence to attack democratic institutions as unacceptable and added that Washington agreed with Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s call for an immediate end to the unrest.
Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, who lost the presidential election on January 8, protesting the voting results, seized the congress building in the capital, entered the presidential residence (Planalto Palace) and also entered the Supreme Court building.
In connection with the unrest, the President of Brazil announced State of emergency in the capital until the end of January.