Supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro storm Congress in Brazil’s capital
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his electoral defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace in the capital Sunday, just a week after the inauguration of his leftist rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Thousands of demonstrators bypassed security barricades, climbed on the roofs, broke windows and invaded all three buildings, which are connected through the vast Three Powers square in Brasilia. Some are calling for a military intervention to restore the far-right Bolsonaro to power.
Images on TV channel Globo News showed protesters roaming the presidential palace, many of them wearing green and yellow, the colors of the flag that have also come to symbolize the Bolsonaro government.
The incidents recalled the Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol, something many political analysts and the judiciary Bolsonaro have warned about for months. But in this case it is likely that Congress and the Supreme Court had limited personnel inside the buildings on a Sunday.
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Supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro storm Congress in Brazil’s capitalLindsey Wasson
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Supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro storm Congress in Brazil’s capitalLindsey Wasson
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Supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro storm Congress in Brazil’s capitalEraldo Peres
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Supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro storm Congress in Brazil’s capitalEraldo Peres
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Supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro storm Congress in Brazil’s capitalFrank Augstein
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Supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro storm Congress in Brazil’s capitalAlessandra Tarantino
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