In Brazil, at least 1,500 people have been detained since Sunday’s assault on the Brazilian Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace by supporters of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in the capital Brasília. 

Brasilia, January 11 (RHC)-- In Brazil, at least 1,500 people have been detained since Sunday’s assault on the Brazilian Congress, Supreme Court and presidential palace by supporters of former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in the capital Brasília. 

Brazil’s Justice Minister Flávio Dino told reporters: "The former president of the republic, Jair Bolsonaro, and all of his followers, for example, frequently targeted attacks against the Supreme Court.  That is why I say that words have power, especially when they are words of the president of the republic.  The president exercises factual material powers, but also exercises symbolic powers, which include the power of words. What we witnessed was that this frequent discourse in social media gained legs, arms, stones, bullets, bombs.”

In other news, Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a Florida hospital Monday after complaining of intestinal pain — one day after his supporters stormed government buildings in Brasília.