Brazil president vows to punish rioters who stormed parliament
The Senate entrance is destroyed the day after Congress was stormed by supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 9, 2023. The protesters also stormed the presidencial office, Planalto Palace, and the Supreme Court.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had harsh words for those who stormed his country’s parliament, its Supreme Court and presidential palace this past weekend. We hear about the role Brazilian authorities and security services may have played in the rioting. And Sweden’s prime minister said Sunday that Turkey has made demands on Sweden that his country “cannot — and does not — want to meet” to gain Ankara’s approval for a bid to join NATO. Demands include Sweden and Finland joining Turkey’s fight against banned Kurdish militants. Also, Ana Montes was a senior analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency when she was arrested by the FBI at her office in 2001. She had been spying for Cuba for decades. Now, she’s been released from prison having served a 25-year sentence. Plus, a historic Christmas in Kyiv.
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