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Bolsonaro distanced himself from the riots at the time and criticised the methods on social media, but continued to claim the election had been stolen.

From BBC

Historical scholarship on the draft riots is intensive and disputatious; my only concluding point is that they seem to contain all the most painful and contradictory lessons of our nation’s history in compressed form.

From Salon

Aronofsky’s tragic characters are often likable, but rarely will a riot break out when they meet their inevitable demise.

From Salon

The latter led to violent riots when residents of La Colonia, a Latino neighborhood where Chavez once lived, rose up.

The fatal incident sparked widespread unrest in the area, with riots breaking out, leaving 31 police officers injured, property damaged and cars torched.

From BBC

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