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Sunday's violence exposed the political and social fault lines in Brazil

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President Biden says Brazil's leader has his full support after rioters ransacked² government offices. The rampage by supporters of former President Bolsonaro exposed political and social fault lines.

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

President Biden says Brazil's leader has his full support after thousands of rioters ransacked government offices. Sunday's rampage by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro exposed the political and social fault lines in Brazil. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports from Brasilia.

CARRIE KAHN, BYLINE³: Workers were already making repairs Monday from the damage done by the rioters just one day before.

(SOUNDBITE OF HAMMERS TAPPING)

KAHN: With small hammers, they tapped rocks into gaps in the stone walkway leading up to the bright entrance of Brasilia's presidential offices. The pathway was torn up by Bolsonaro supporters. They used the stones to break windows and damage offices in the capital, targeting the Congress, the Supreme⁴ Court, and the offices of the president.

PABLO FONTES: (Speaking Portuguese).

KAHN: Upon seeing the destruction, 21-year-old Pablo Fontes says, "I'm filled with rage. I find it revolting. Revolting," he said. He's an education student and social activist⁵ who came from Rio de Janeiro for the inauguration⁶ of leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

FONTES: (Speaking Portuguese).

KAHN: "For me, Lula is the best politician that exists on our planet," he says. Fontes chokes up remembering the joy he felt just one week ago at Lula's inauguration. Everyone hoped, he said, the voices of young people, Black people like him and the poor would be heard again. And now he says it's too much to bear, seeing the plaza⁷ destroyed by a group who only wants to defend Bolsonaro's nationalism under the banner of God, homeland and family.

(SOUNDBITE OF MATERIAL FALLING)

KAHN: Across town, the mood is very different. Dozens of soldiers clean out the encampment which up until Sunday was used by Bolsonaro supporters ever since his October election defeat.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: I don't want to say anything because Brazil is a little bit complicated nowadays.

KAHN: This Bolsonaro supporter would not give his name and would only describe himself as a 43-year-old English teacher. Like the thousands who have been camping here in front of Brasilia's army headquarters, he believes the false claims that the election was stolen. He, too, had hoped that peaceful protesters could convince the army to intervene and reinstate the former president.

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: But once they committed crime, destroying buildings and things that people were not supposed to do, they lost their reason.

KAHN: Yesterday, Brazil's newly appointed justice minister, Flavio Dino, told reporters that the hundreds of rioters would be prosecuted⁸.

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)

FLAVIO DINO: (Speaking Portuguese).

KAHN: And he vowed⁹ to find those who financed them, too. President Lula called for a return to normalcy and unity¹⁰. Given the great divisions in Brazil right now, that will be a tall order. For the young Lula supporter Pablo Fontes, now is not the time to give up the fight.

FONTES: (Speaking Portuguese).

KAHN: "We will once again get our moment of hope," he says, "once all these violent rioters are properly prosecuted." Not so, says the Bolsonaro supporter who declined to give his name. He says his fellow protesters' first plan may not have succeeded...

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Asking the army to take command didn't work.

KAHN: He insists, though, they won't give up.

Carrie Kahn, NPR News, Brasilia.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 ransacked   

v.彻底搜查( ransack的过去式和过去分词 )；抢劫，掠夺

参考例句：

• The house had been ransacked by burglars. 这房子遭到了盗贼的洗劫。
• The house had been ransacked of all that was worth anything. 屋子里所有值钱的东西都被抢去了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

5 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

6 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

7 plaza   

n.广场，市场

参考例句：

• They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
• The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。

8 prosecuted   

a.被起诉的

参考例句：

• The editors are being prosecuted for obscenity. 编辑因刊载污秽文字而被起诉。
• The company was prosecuted for breaching the Health and Safety Act. 这家公司被控违反《卫生安全条例》。

9 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

10 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。