Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro call for a military intervention outside the Brazilian Congress, this Sunday.Eraldo Peres (AP)
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Thousands of supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have invaded the headquarters of Congress, the Presidency and the Supreme Court, in Brasilia, to demand a military intervention to remove Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from power, who took office on January 1 .
The assault in Brasilia is reminiscent of the one perpetrated on the United States Capitol two years ago, with the difference that the Brazilian Congress is not in session, it will only resume its activities in February.
The police regained control of the Supreme Court around 5:00 p.m. (local time).
However, the demonstrators continued in Congress and in the Planalto Palace, the seat of the Presidency.
President Lula has offered a
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Lula decrees federal intervention in Brasilia
The president of Brazil, Lula da Silva, gives a press conference in which he announces the federal intervention in Brasilia to stop the invasion of the Bolsonaristas to the headquarters of Congress and the seat of Government to "guarantee public security"
"All the people who have done this will be punished. The Brazilian left has dead people, and never has a leftist party invaded Congress or the Planalto. This is unprecedented in the history of this country. We are going to find out who are the financiers of these vandals", Lula said.
Federico Rivas20:57
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Lula holds an emergency meeting with his main ministers
The president of Brazil, Lula da Silva, holds an emergency meeting with his ministers of Justice, Defense and Institutional Relations to analyze the assault on the headquarters of the three powers in Brasilia.
Since the president is in Araraquara, in the State of São Paulo, the meeting is held virtually.
The president was visiting the city to see the havoc caused by the recent rains.
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The Bolsonaristas' assault on the Brazilian Congress
These are the first images inside the political heart of Brazil.
Supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro have broken into the facilities and the police have tried to stop them.
(Photo: Bolsonaristas inside the Brazilian Congress, this Sunday. Eraldo Peres | AP)
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The president of Colombia and the foreign minister of Mexico also condemn the assault
The president of Colombia,
Gustavo Petro
, has also expressed his solidarity with his colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva through the social network Twitter.
"Fascism decides to launch a coup. The rights have not been able to maintain the non-violence pact," the president wrote in a message in which he urged the Organization of American States to hold an urgent meeting to discuss the situation.
The Mexican Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, has also shown his support for Lula's government "elected by popular will" and has rejected "any attempt against democratic institutions" in Brazil.
The pro tempore Presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) has also expressed its support for the Lula government and has rejected "violent actions against Brazilian democratic institutions."
Lorena Arroyo20:34
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The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, calls for the "absolute rejection of the international community"
"We are together with the Brazilian people to defend democracy," wrote the president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, who joined the general repudiation of the assault on the Brazilian Congress from his Twitter account.
"Democracy is the only political system that guarantees freedoms and obliges us to respect the popular verdict. Those who try to ignore the will of the majority, attempt against democracy and deserve not only the corresponding legal sanction, but also the absolute rejection of the international community", wrote the Argentine.
"I want to express my rejection of what is happening in Brasilia. My unconditional support and that of the Argentine people to @LulaOficial in the face of this coup attempt that he is facing," said Fernández.
The president added, as pro tempore president of Celac and a member of Mercosur, that both multilaterals must unite in the face of "this unacceptable anti-democratic reaction that is trying to impose itself in Brazil."
Fernández called for a "#NuncaMás the return of the coup ghosts that the right promotes."
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The president of Colombia and the foreign minister of Mexico also condemn the assault
The president of Colombia,
Gustavo Petro
, has also expressed his solidarity with his colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva through the social network Twitter.
"Fascism decides to launch a coup. The rights have not been able to maintain the non-violence pact," the president wrote in a message in which he urged the Organization of American States to hold an urgent meeting to discuss the situation.
The Mexican Foreign Minister, Marcelo Ebrard, has also shown his support for Lula's government "elected by popular will" and has rejected "any attempt against democratic institutions" in Brazil.
The pro tempore Presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) has also expressed its support for the Lula government and has rejected "violent actions against Brazilian democratic institutions."
Lorena Arroyo20:33
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The president of the Chamber of Deputies condemns the "riots" in the political heart of Brazil
Arthur Lira, the president of the Chamber of Deputies and also an ally of Bolsonaro in the last elections, has just pronounced: "The National Congress has never denied a voice to those who want to demonstrate peacefully. But it will never give space to riots, destruction and vandalism."
Lira adds that those responsible for and instigators of "this attack on Brazilian democracy" will be "identified and punished."
Several governors, such as those of Rio Grande do Sul and Pernambuco, have also expressed their rejection on social networks.
Naiara Galarraga Gortázar reports from São Paulo.
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Pedro Sánchez condemns the assault on the Brazilian Congress and calls for the "immediate return to democratic normality"
The President of the Government of Spain, Pedro Sánchez, has conveyed his support for the Brazilian President, Lula da Silva, through his social networks, after the assault by followers of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on the headquarters of the National Congress of Brazil.
The president has made clear his support "for the institutions freely and democratically elected by the Brazilian people."
"We strongly condemn the assault on the Brazilian Congress and call for an immediate return to democratic normality," he wrote on his official Twitter account.
Along the same lines, the president of the Spanish Congress, Meritxell Batet, expressed her "support and solidarity for Da Silva and the Brazilian authorities" in the face of what she described as an "intolerable attack on institutions and democracy".
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Boric supports Lula against "this cowardly and vile attack on democracy"
International reactions to the assault on the main headquarters of Brazilian institutions by followers of Jair Bolsonaro are beginning to arrive.
Chilean President Gabriel Boric has taken to his Twitter account to condemn the invasion and show his support for his colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the face of what he has considered a "cowardly and vile attack on democracy".
Lorena Arroyo20:07
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The Minister of Justice, on the invasion of the Brazilian Congress: "This absurd attempt to impose the will by force will not prevail"
The Minister of Justice, Flavio Dino, has assured this Sunday that the Government of the Federal District will send reinforcements to protect the headquarters of Congress, the Presidency and the Supreme Court.
"The forces at our disposal are working," he wrote, emphasizing the following: "This absurd attempt to impose the will by force will not prevail."
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Hundreds of Bolsonaro supporters invade Brazil's Congress
Hundreds of followers of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro invaded the headquarters of the National Congress this Sunday in protests in which they demand a military intervention to overthrow President Lula da Silva, who took office as president on the 1st. The group, which defends thesis coup leaders, overcame a police barrier and climbed the ramp that gives access to the roof of the buildings of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
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The live narration of the last hour about the assault on the Brazilian Congress by the followers of former President Jair Bolsonaro begins here.
These are protests in which they demand a military intervention to overthrow Lula da Silva, who took office as president on January 1.
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