
Brazil could face 'more severe' election unrest than the US Capitol riot, official warns
CNN
Brazil faces potentially dangerous unrest around the country's upcoming presidential vote, a senior elections official has warned.
Speaking at the Wilson Center in Washington DC on Wednesday, Superior Electoral Court Minister Edson Fachin said that the next elections run a risk of unrest "more severe" than the January 6, 2021, insurrection, when rioters violently stormed the US capitol fueled by the false belief that the 2020 election had been stolen.
Brazil's own contentious presidential elections in October are expected to pit current President Jair Bolsonaro against former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva.

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