In Rio de Janeiro
It was with stun grenades and tear gas canisters, dropped from the top of military police helicopters in the Brazilian capital, and after the arrival of reinforced armored cars and mounted police, that the authorities succeeded on Sunday in regain possession of the Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace, invaded for a few hours by thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
The demonstrators came largely from a pro-Bolsonaro camp installed since October 30, the day of the defeat of the far-right leader against his rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at the foot of the army headquarters in the capital. , Brasília.
Others had arrived a little earlier aboard dozens of buses from other states, responding to a call to demonstrate against the new administration.
For more than two months, Bolsonaro supporters have been contesting the victory of the leader of the Workers' Party (PT), denouncing…
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