POLITICS
Pro-Bolsonaro caucus claims victory after congressional siege
House Speaker Hugo Motta threatened to suspend rioting lawmakers. It is unclear whether he will make good on his word. Photo: Bruno Spada/House
Brazil’s Congress attempted to restore a sense of normalcy on Wednesday after an unprecedented moment of turmoil. For two days, opposition lawmakers stormed and effectively shut down both houses of Congress. House Speaker Hugo Motta and Senate President Davi Alcolumbre were nowhere to be found.
Lawmakers of the far-right Liberal Party (which holds 87 of 513 House seats and 14 of 81 Senate seats) demanded amnesty for those involved in the 2022-2023 coup attempt and called for the Supreme Court to be stripped of its authority over federal officeholders.
What at first seemed like a fringe protest movement escalated rapidly…
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