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Video | The images of the assault on the Brazilian Congress

2023-01-08T23:36:40.901Z


Hundreds of Bolsonaro supporters have forced their way into the parliament building demanding a military intervention to oust Lula from power


Offices with destroyed furniture, broken glass, the plenary hall of Congress taken over by the protesters.

The images show hundreds of people storming the parliamentary headquarters of the Brazilian capital.

The cries calling for the fall of Lula complete a scene reminiscent of the seizure of the Washington Capitol by supporters of the defeated Donald Trump, on January 6, 2021.

The video that heads this news is a summary of the scenes that have taken place in the Congress building in Brazil.

Violent scenes a week after Lula's return to power at the head of a broad coalition with the mission of restoring and strengthening democracy.

What happened this Sunday in Brasilia is the moment that the Brazilian democrats have feared so much for months because former President Bolsonaro has maintained a speech of systematic attack against the voting system and the electoral authorities, in such a way that both one and the other are noticeably discredited before his followers.

The far-right leader has encouraged protests against the electoral result on several occasions, but in his farewell speech he did condemn the failed attack with explosives with which one of his followers intended to sow chaos and force an intervention military man.

Source: elparis

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