'Coup-mongering' Bolsonarista's battle cry reveals a radicalized Brazil

A vehicle of the anti-bomb group of the Federal Police is pictured as a robot of the squad is seen near what is believed to be an explosive artefact in Brasilia, Brazil, December 24, 2022. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Nearly two weeks after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's most fraught election in a generation, Milton Baldin arrived in the capital Brasilia to try to overturn the result.

A small business owner from the deep interior of Brazil, Baldin, 55, joined thousands of hardcore Bolsonaro supporters who had set up an encampment outside army headquarters, from where they were urging the military to stage a coup.