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Aerial images of hundreds of supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who protest in Brazil's capital to ask for federal intervention outside the Army headquarters. Bolsonaro "authorised" the transition to a new government, without acknowledging his defeat to leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. IMAGES
Brasilia, Sep 29 (EFE).- The Brazilian businessman Luciano Hang, an eager promoter of drugs without proven efficacy against Covid-19, made a fiery plea in favor of these treatments Wednesday during a controversial hearing with Brazil's Covid-19 Senate committee.Hang, who is related to the far-right movements that support the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro, said that there is no crime in promoting the drugs and assured that he would prove it in court, which would conduct further investigation on this issue and others, including the massive dissemination of false information on social networks. (Camera: ALEX MIRKHAN). SHOT LIST: THE BRAZIL’S COVID-19 SENATE COMMITTEE MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN BUSINESSMAN LUCIANO HANG IN BRASILIA, BRAZIL.
Violent Trump supporters have breached the US Capitol building. Capitol police officers confirmed the mob laid siege to the Capitol as lawmakers counted the Electoral College votes. Shortly after 1 p.m., pro-Trump protesters pushed through barriers along the perimeter of the Capitol. The violent rioters fought with law enforcement officers calling the officers "traitors" for doing their jobs. Approximately 90 minutes later, police said the insurgents broke into the building and began vandalizing the House and Senate. One woman was shot during the insurrection and has died.
While President Donald Trump busies himself with his apoplectic rejection of Joe Biden as president-elect, world leaders have swiftly moved on. In a sign of Biden's legitimacy, leaders of major democracies have stepped up to congratulate the President-elect Joe Biden in recent days. Doubtless salt to his wound, Trump's favorite network--Fox News--and media outlets across the board have also declared Biden the projected winner of the election. Business Insider reports that as a whole, EU leaders and even Israel and Turkey have congratulated Biden. Only Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Xing Ping, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro have yet to join in.
Brasilia/Sao Paulo, Jun 21 (EFE).- Thousands of Brazilians went out for the fourth Sunday in a row to the streets of the country in acts in favor and against the Government of Jair Bolsonaro, who faces a serious political crisis amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed 50,000 and infected more than 1 million.Both the protests in favor and those against the president registered smaller crowd than those of the previous Sundays and also took place in a more peaceful way.The protests took place as the judicial siege on the Bolsonaro family tightened due to the preventive imprisonment on Thursday of a former close collaborator of today's Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the president's eldest son. (Camera: WALLACE CARVALHO/ALEX MIRKHAN/TIAGO RODRIGUES).SHOT LIST: PROTESTS IN FAVOR AND AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF JAIR BOLSONARO IN BRASILIA AND SAO PAULO, BRAZIL.
Hundreds of supporters of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro gather in Brasilia in a counter-protest to a pro-democracy rally calling for Bolsonaro's impeachment, as confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil surge past one million, the second worst-affected country with almost 50,000 deaths. IMAGES
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