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Once the powers of the State realized that they were in the middle of a nest of snakes, the reaction was withering:

Brazil will apply a strong hand against the extremism

that offered, this Sunday, an amazing and denigrating spectacle to the world.

"The powers of the Republic, defenders of democracy and the Constitutional Charter of 1988,

reject the terrorist, vandalism, criminal and coup acts that occurred yesterday afternoon in Brasilia

," said a joint statement signed this Monday by the president of the Republic,

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

, the acting president of the Senate, Veneziano Vital do Rêgo, the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Arthur Lira, and the president of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Rosa Weber.

"We are united so that institutional measures are taken, in accordance with Brazilian laws. We call on society to maintain serenity, in defense of peace and democracy in our country," added the text, preceded by a publication in social networks that under the legend

Firm in defense of democracy

brought together Lula, Lira and Weber.

Assault on the institutions of Brasilia

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The Brazilian head of state was scheduled to meet later in the day with the heads of the three Armed Forces, in the crosshairs of some politicians and the media who believe that part of the military sympathized with the invasion of thousands of extreme Bolsonaristas into the Square of the Three Powers.

José Mucio, Minister of Defense, is walking a tightrope

after having described the extremist demonstrations of the last two months as "democratic" days ago

.

The meeting of the heads of the Brazilian institutions had a symbolic side, since it took place in the presidential office of the Planalto Palace, which the radicals, who razed offices and facilities, could not enter as it was an armored room.

According to Paulo Pimenta, Minister of Communications,

the objective of the meetings was to demonstrate that the three powers continue to function

and exercise their responsibilities.

The

heavy hand

included the dissolution of the Bolsonaro camps in front of the buildings of the armed forces.

Determined not to accept the result of the October 30 elections, which Lula narrowly won over Bolsonaro, the adventure of many of them ended badly: at the beginning of Monday afternoon there were already 1,500 people arrested.

As power in Brasilia tried to rebuild itself, thousands of kilometers to the north, in the State of Florida, Bolsonaro was admitted to an Orlando hospital due to abdominal pain.

According to

O Globo

and

Folha de Sao Paulo

, the former president went to the hospital

to find out if he was suffering from intestinal obstruction again

.

Since he was stabbed during the 2018 presidential campaign, Bolsonaro has undergone four surgeries.

At the end of January 2019, when he was already President of the Republic, he underwent surgery to remove a colostomy bag that had been placed after the attack.

In September of the same year, he underwent an operation to correct a hernia in the scar from a previous operation.

Bolsonaro often complains that his pain and intestinal problems are related to the stab wound he received in that attack.

Bolsonaro's flight to the United States two days before the end of his term was questioned by Lula himself.

After the events of Sunday, the media and political circles in Brasilia

are discussing a possible request for the ex-president's extradition

.

Jake Sullivan, Joe Biden's National Security adviser, stated this Monday in Mexico City that he has not had any type of requirement in this regard from the Brazilian authorities.

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