Brazil celebrates democracy a year after alleged coup attempt by extreme right
epa11065068 People hold placards and flags as they gather to mark the first anniversary of the failed coup attempt by extreme right in Cinelandia, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 08 January 2024. On the day of 08 January 2023 followers of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who did not accept the defeat of the far-right at the polls, destroyed the headquarters of Congress, the Supreme Court of Justice and the Planalto Presidential Palace. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on 08 January during the act of defense of democracy after a year of the uprising by far-right extremists, that all those who financed the coup attempt must be 'exemplarily punished'. EPA/Andre Coelho
