Protesters, supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, storm the the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil.
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Speaking on CNN following the attacks, Castro called for the Biden administration or Florida authorities to extradite Bolsonaro to Brazil.

“The United States should not be a refuge for this authoritarian who has inspired domestic terrorism in Brazil,” Castro said. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) was also among those Sunday who said Bolsonaro should be returned to Brazil.

Latin American countries should come together to call for order in Brazil, Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said.

“Instability and violence anywhere are bad for national security, freedom and democracy everywhere,” Scott said. Neither he or embattled Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y) made reference to Trump in their statements condemning the attacks, unlike their Democratic counterparts.

Brazilian Foreign Ministry officials did not immediately offer comment on Sunday. Protesters remained in Brazil’s National Congress and on its roof on Sunday evening, local time.

The tumult in Brazil, which has a population of about 215 million, is the latest in a series of political crises in Latin America and the Caribbean in recent years. Since Joe Biden took office, there have been an assassination of a Haitian president, unusual protests in Cuba, an attempted coup by a president facing impeachment in Peru and now the turbulence in Brazil. An anti-incumbent mood has also led to the election of some leftist leaders in the region.

Privately, and sometimes publicly, Latin American officials say the Biden administration needs to pay more attention to its own hemisphere, and not simply see it through the lens of migration.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.