BRASILIA ¨C With a Brazil flag draped around his neck and his feet propped up on a dark wooden table, Samuel Faria leaned back in the Brazilian Senate president¡¯s ceremonial chair which he had just commandeered and surveyed the chaos on the lawn outside.
¡°It¡¯s kicking off out there,¡± he said, watching from his Senate perch as fellow yellow-and-green clad supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro ransacked government buildings in Brasilia on Jan. 8. He then thanked his patrons.
¡°I¡¯ve got money in the bank,¡± he said, as he livestreamed Brazil¡¯s worst political crisis in a generation. ¡°Thanks to you dear patriots ... who helped us, lots of friends sponsoring us with Pix.¡±
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