Brazil's President "Lula" da Silva has publicly accused the country's security forces of negligence and collusion with far-right protesters.

Brazil Riots: President Lula da Silva accuses security forces of complicity

A Brazilian man arrested for attempting to detonate an explosive device ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was influenced by President Jair Bolsonaro’s call to arms, Reuters reported quoting a copy of his police testimony.

Man arrested for attempting to bomb Lula’s inauguration was inspired by Bolsonaro’s call to arms: Report

Sometimes called a "Tropical Trump" for his politically incorrect vitriol, Brazilian far-right presidential candidate and heavy favourite Jair Bolsonaro has successfully played to an electorate disgusted with politics as usual.

Bolsonaro, Brazil's 'Tropical Trump' poised to win presidency

As a result of the former president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva being unable to run as a candidate, a right-wing politician Jair Bolsanaro and environmentalist Marina Silva could be a leading candidate in Brazil's upcoming presidential elections, an opinion poll said

Without Lula, right-wing and green candidates lead Brazil's presidential race: Poll

She faces allegations of having taken illegal state loans to hide the country's budget holes in 2014

Brazilian senate to vote on President Dilma Rousseff impeachment

A two-thirds majority of the 81 senators are required to bring Rousseff down. The trial will conclude next week on Monday

Impeachment trial opens against Brazil President Dilma Rousseff

A final verdict expected at the end of the month will require two-thirds of the votes, but media surveys of the Senate point to her defeat

Brazil Senate meets to indict suspended President Rousseff

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