Brazilian Congress Suspended

Brazil’s lower house of congress was suspended Wednesday after a scuffle broke out on house floor. The fighting began after former chief of staff Jose Dirceu, who re-took his seat in congress after resigning last week, defended President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s government and denied allegations of corruption in the president’s own Workers’ Party. Lawmakers started shoving each other after Congressman Jair Bolsonaro, of the governing coalition’s Popular Party, walked across the floor of congress holding a bag of garbage marked “Lula” above his head.