Brazilian police used tear gas canisters on Sunday to try to repel hundreds of supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro who managed to gain access to Congress in Brasilia, a week after the inauguration of left-wing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The area around the Congress had been cordoned off by the authorities, but the Bolsonarists who refuse to accept the election of Lula managed to break the security cordons and several dozen of them managed to climb the ramp of this building with modern architecture to occupy the roof.
The impressive images, reminiscent of the invasion of the Capitol in the United States, show a real human tide flowing towards Congress.
According to videos posted on social networks, pro-Bolsonaro activists then broke windows to gain access to the very interior of Parliament.
URGENT: Invasores quebram vidraças da chapelaria do Congresso e invadem a Câmara dos Deputados.
Extremistas já estão no Salão Verde e nos anexos do prédio.
Também houve invasão ao Palácio do Planalto.
Presidente Lula não está no local.
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— Renato Souza (@reporterenato) January 8, 2023
The Congress brings together in the same building the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
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