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Associated Press photo by J. Scott ApplewhiteLawmakers evacuate the floor as protesters try to break into the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.World leaders respond to Capitol riots
by Onize Ohikere
Posted 1/07/21, 07:22 am
Video footage and images of rioters breaking into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday drew condemnation and shock from other nations. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the scene disgraceful and urged a peaceful transfer of power. Irish Foreign and Defense Minister Simon Coveney took a sterner tone as he called the incident “a deliberate assault on Democracy by a sitting President & his supporters.” In Brazil, Supreme Court Justice Luis Roberto Barroso said he hoped the United States “reacts with vigor to this threat to democracy.”
Any concrete measures from other countries? Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told Australians to avoid U.S. protests. The Chinese Embassy in the United States also warned its citizens about the “large scale protest march” as other nations issued travel warnings. Venezuela, which is currently facing U.S. sanctions, used the mob violence to advance its anti-U.S. propaganda, saying the situation in Washington shows the U.S. “is suffering what it has generated in other countries with its politics of aggression.”
Dig deeper: Read Emily Belz’s report on the unprecedented Capitol breach.
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Onize Ohikere
Onize is WORLD's Africa reporter. She is a World Journalism Institute graduate and earned a journalism degree from Minnesota State University-Moorhead. Onize resides in Abuja, Nigeria. Follow her on Twitter @onize_ohiks.
Comments
Hawkdriver
Posted: Thu, 01/07/2021 04:58 pmThank you. All other countries know about us is what our media says. If they have intel sources inside the U.S. which most do, they wouldn't reveal anything other than open source intel.
NEWS2ME
Posted: Thu, 01/07/2021 09:28 pmI agree, unless their sources are open for what Biden has to offer them.