Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the Economist.

In London this week, I'm John Fastman.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events, shaping your world.

One year ago, Tesla's market value exceeded that of most other car firms combined.

It is since plummeted as Hazelon Musk's net worth.

Its investors seem to have realized that it is a car maker, not a world-changing tech firm.

And perfect strangers is an Italian film that came out in 2016, winning a prize for its

screenplay.

In the ensuing six years, it has been remade in more than 20 countries.

We'll tell you why a film you may never have heard of has proven so successful.

The first.

A defeated far-right president who refuses to concede an election loss.

Thousands of his supporters storming government buildings.

Thousands of police coming under attack and institutions left ransacked.

This is a description not of the attack on the US Capitol two years ago, but often assault

on Brazil's legislature yesterday.

It's already being called Brazil's January 8th, a reference to the date of the Capitol

riot.

The questions are being asked about how or why the authorities failed to stop it from happening.

Ever since the January 6th riots in Washington, DC, fears have been building here in Brazil

that we would see an attack on the government institutions.

Sarah Maslin is the economist Brazil correspondent.

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