Thousands of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro broke through security barriers in the capital of Brasilia on Sunday and invaded congress, the supreme court and the presidential palace to protest his election loss.
The protesters were still inside the congressional building as of Sunday afternoon.
Television images showed thousands of protesters, draped in Brazilian flags and wearing the yellow national jersey, flooding into congress and other branches of government in an event similar to the Jan. 6, 2021 invasion of the US Capitol. Security forces appeared to have lost control of the main square in Brasilia that is the center of government. Some rioters broke windows and carried out other acts of vandalism, while others took videos and selfies.
“I vehemently repudiate these anti-democratic acts, which must urgently undergo the rigor of the law,” Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco said on Twitter.
The unrest on Sunday follows months of protests in front of military installations by Bolsonaro supporters who were demanding an intervention to prevent Lula from returning to power. In late December there was a bomb scare near Brasilia’s airport. More than a hundred buses of Bolsonaro supporters arrived in Brasilia ahead of the Sunday protests.
Television images showed thousands of protesters, draped in Brazilian flags and wearing the yellow national jersey, flooding into congress and other branches of government in an event similar to the Jan. 6, 2021 invasion of the US Capitol. Security forces appeared to have lost control of the main square in Brasilia that is the center of government. Some rioters broke windows and carried out other acts of vandalism, while others took videos and selfies.
“I vehemently repudiate these anti-democratic acts, which must urgently undergo the rigor of the law,” Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco said on Twitter.
The unrest on Sunday follows months of protests in front of military installations by Bolsonaro supporters who were demanding an intervention to prevent Lula from returning to power. In late December there was a bomb scare near Brasilia’s airport. More than a hundred buses of Bolsonaro supporters arrived in Brasilia ahead of the Sunday protests.
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