Joe Biden condemned violent riots in Brazil as the White House faced calls from Congress to expel Jair Bolsonaro, the Latin American country’s former president, from the US, where he has been staying since leaving office.
“Canada, Mexico, and the United States condemn the January 8 attacks on Brazil’s democracy and on the peaceful transfer of power,” the US president said in a joint statement on Monday with Mexico’s leader, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Canada’s prime minister, Justin Trudeau.
They added: “We stand with Brazil as it safeguards its democratic institutions. Our governments support the free will of the people of Brazil.”