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Late on Sunday, the president of Brazil, Lula da Silva, decreed federal intervention in Brasilia, which means taking control of the security of the capital, after the assault of thousands of followers of former president Jair Bolsonaro on the headquarters of the Presidency, Congress and the Supreme Court of the country.
The police retook control of the three buildings around 5:00 p.m. (local time) and detained hundreds of Bolsonaristas.
Lula blamed his predecessor for the attack after arriving in the capital from São Paulo state and inspecting the damage to the presidential palace.
This Monday, the police evicted, by order of the Supreme Court, the camp set up in front of the Army headquarters, where the Bolsonaristas were calling for a coup.
In addition, various international leaders have been sentenced,
such as the heads of government of Germany or the United Kingdom.
The president of the Spanish Executive, Pedro Sánchez, has also condemned the assault.
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Joint letter of the three powers of the State
The presidents of Congress, the Executive Power and the Supreme Court have signed a joint note on Monday where they request that "institutional measures be taken, in accordance with Brazilian law" regarding the Bolsonaro assault on the buildings of the three State powers in Brasilia.
The note bears the signature of Lula da Silva, as President of the Republic;
Arthur Lira (president of the Deputies);
Veneziano Vita Rêgo (Acting President of the Senate) and Rosa Weber (President of the Supreme Court).
The text, agreed upon after a meeting at the Planalto Palace, rejects acts of "terrorism, vandalism, criminals and fraudsters."
Photo: Lula meets in Planalto with the highest authorities of the Brazilian State.
(AP)
Federico Rivas14:55
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remains of a protest
The police have evicted this morning the Bolsonaro camp in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia.
Between 1,200 and 1,400 people have been detained for identification.
The police try to determine who participated on Sunday in the assault on the Planalto Palace and the Congress.
Our comrade
Joan Royo Gual
is in the place where, until a few hours ago, the followers of former President Bolsonaro were calling for a military intervention against Lula da Silva.
There are no protesters left, but the remains of a camp.
Federico Rivas14:37
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Lula summons the heads of the legislative and judicial power, the military leaders and the governors
The highest authorities of the Republic of Brazil have been urgently summoned by the recently inaugurated president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, this Monday, a day after a Bolsonaro mob assaulted the three powers in the capital, Brasilia.
The 77-year-old president is scheduled to meet starting at nine in the morning local time with the president of the Supreme Court, Rosa Weber, at the Planalto presidential palace.
He will also hold a meeting with the presidents of Congress, Arthur Lira;
and from the Senate, Rodrigo Pacheco.
Others summoned by the president are the Defense Minister, José Múcio, and the recently appointed heads of the Armed Forces.
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Naiara Galarraga Gortázar
Lula summons the highest heads of the State after the assault of the Bolsonaristas on the Brazilian Congress
Photo: Lula da Silva, upon his arrival on January 8, 2023 at ground zero of the assault on the three powers of the State by supporters of the far-right Jair Bolsonaro.
(Reuters)
Federico Rivas13:34
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1,200 retained in the eviction of the Bolsonaro camp in front of the Army headquarters in Brasilia
The agents of the military police of the Federal District (Brasilia) and of the National Security Force of Brazil have practically completely evicted the camp of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro set up in front of the army headquarters shortly after the presidential elections, won by Lula da Silva.
The Army spokesman, Colonel Marcos Andrpe Benzecry, says that "between 1,200 and 1,400 people have been removed in the last few hours," reports our comrade
Joan Royo Gual
from the scene.
The Bolsonaristas were not detained, but rather taken to a place where they are being identified and reviewed.
"That is where the investigation begins to see if they have something to do with yesterday's acts of vandalism," says the Army spokesman.
Some 500 meters from the place, the police block the entrance to the Army headquarters.
It now remains to lift the remains of the encampment.
After the assault on Sunday by supporters of the far-right ex-president to the headquarters of the Brazilian Presidency (Executive Power), the Congress (Legislative) and the Supreme Court (Judicial), the Supreme Court magistrate Alexandre Moreas ordered the dismantling of this camp, and other mounted in front of other barracks in other Brazilian cities, in less than 24 hours, as well as the arrest of the campers.
Federico Rivas12:55
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Russia and China condemn the attack on democracy in Brazil and express their support for China
The governments of Russia and China have expressed their condemnation on Monday for the assault on the headquarters of the democratic powers in Brazil by followers of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
The Kremlin has "roundly" condemned the actions of "the instigators of the disorders in Brazil", while Beijing has expressed its support for "the measures taken" by the Brazilian government of Lula da Silva to "restore order and stability". after the assault.
"Moscow strongly condemns the actions of the instigators of the disorders in Brazil," said the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskov, adding that the Kremlin supports "actions to restore order and legality" in the Latin American country.
“We fully support Brazilian President Lula da Silva,” he said.
For his part, the spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Wang Wenbin, expressed his country's support for "the measures taken" by the Brazilian government to "restore order and stability."
"We believe that under the leadership of President Lula, Brazil will maintain national stability and social harmony," Wang said.
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Police surround the camp of the Bolsonaristas in front of the army headquarters in Brasilia
The police are concentrating next to the camp that followers of former President Jair Bolsonaro have maintained in front of the Brazilian Army headquarters in Brasilia since shortly after the October presidential elections that gave victory to Lula da Silva.
Late on Sunday, the Supreme Court magistrate, Alexandre de Moraes, ordered the dismantling of these camps within 24 hours and the detention of the campers.
Hundreds of policemen have gathered around the camp while the soldiers who were guarding the area have withdrawn, witnesses present in the area have reported to Reuters.
The camp, like the others distributed in other parts of the country, was intended to pressure the army to intervene and restore Bolsonaro to power, despite the defeat suffered by the former president in the October presidential elections.
Although the uniformed men have not lent themselves to the coup, they have allowed the campers to remain in front of their doors for weeks.
While the police took up positions around the camp, many of the campers have begun to pack up their things and leave, for fear of being arrested.
Last night, magistrate Moraes warned that the forces of order would arrest all the encamped Bolsonaristas.
He warned that they would review security cameras, hotel reservations and the hiring of the buses that brought hundreds of protesters to Brasilia to identify all the participants.
In the photo, by
Amanda Perobelli
for Reuters, two Bolsonaristas pack their belongings to leave the camp in front of the army headquarters in Brasilia in front of two police officers.
THE COUNTRY10:46
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Eviction order for the Bolsonaro camps in front of the barracks
After the assault this Sunday against the headquarters of the main democratic institutions in Brazil by thousands of followers of former President Jair Bolsonaro, deactivated by the police, the magistrate of the Federal Supreme Court, Alexandre de Moraes, has ordered the dismantling of the Bolsonaro camps in front of to military headquarters in various cities, beginning with the Army headquarters in Brasilia.
Some campers feared that the dismantling of that camp would be ordered, as verified by Joan Royo, special envoy of EL PAÍS to Brasilia.
And, according to some Brazilian media, such as the CNN television network, with good reason.
As reported by the American chain, the minister [president] of the Federal Supreme Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes, has decided to evict all the Bolsonaro camps within 24 hours, as well as the detention of the campers.
The dismantling will be carried out by the military police of each state with the support of the National Force and the Federal police if necessary.
However, the STF Twitter account does not report any decision in this regard.
According to the Brazilian newspaper
O Globo
, "the army and the military police of the federal district (Brasilia) are going to begin this Monday the withdrawal of the protesters who are still camped in front of the headquarters in Brasilia."
O Globo
reports on a meeting late Sunday night in which the Defense Ministers, José Múcio;
Justicia, Flávio Dino and Casa Civil, Rui Costa, together with the Army Commander, Júlio César Arruda and in which, supposedly, the "details of the operation" of eviction, which will take place this Monday, were discussed.
THE COUNTRY10:12
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Sánchez: "The ultra movements are the greatest threat to democracy, peace and prosperity"
The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has referred this Monday to the assault on the headquarters of the democratic powers of Brazil perpetrated this Sunday by followers of former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Sánchez has warned that the ultra movements pose "the greatest threat to democracy, peace and prosperity in the world", since they are willing to "overrun with everything".
In a speech at the inauguration of the VII Conference of Ambassadors, Sánchez recalled the assault on the US Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump and stressed that "the methods are repeated to the millimeter", listing the sequence of acts of the ultra-right movements: " systematic use of lies” to gain followers, insults, verbal violence to poison coexistence and finally “an attack on democratic institutions”.
He has also expressed his government's support for President Lula and for the institutions “freely and democratically elected by the Brazilian people”.
THE COUNTRY09:08
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Unmitigated condemnation from London and Berlin of the assault against democracy in Brazil
The heads of government of Germany and the United Kingdom have condemned this Monday without palliatives the attempted coup perpetrated on Sunday in Brasilia by hundreds of supporters of the far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, who assaulted the headquarters of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches.
Both German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have expressed unqualified support for the legitimate president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
"President Lula and his government have the full support of the United Kingdom," Sunak said in a message on his Twitter account, in which he also condemned "any attempt to undermine the peaceful transfer of power and the democratic will of the Brazilian people”.
For his part, the German chancellor has condemned, also on Twitter, the "terrible" acts of Sunday, stating that the "violent attacks on democratic institutions are an attack on democracy that cannot be tolerated."
“We stand shoulder to shoulder with President Lula and with the Brazilian people, says Scholz.
THE COUNTRY08:10
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Albares calls for "reflection" in the face of the anti-democratic acts of the extreme right
The Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Alberes, has condemned this Monday the assault on the headquarters of the three State powers in Brazil and has called for a "reflection" to be carried out on the actions of the extreme right to question the electoral results .
The minister highlighted the "immense wave of solidarity" with Brazil that has emerged in Latin America and around the world after Sunday's events, but has also highlighted the need to "confront the lies" spread by extreme groups right.
Asked in an interview on Cadena SER how to combat this far-right chain that begins with the dissemination of false news and the questioning of the electoral results and ends in acts like those experienced in the Capitol two years ago or in Brasilia, Albares has acknowledged that "no one has the magic formula", but that it is necessary "to confront the lie, locate the facts and reveal those who insidiously try to sow doubts about electoral results or, what is worse, those who, accepting the results, They say that there are legitimate and illegitimate leaders.”
"That is the residue of the ultra-right," he concluded, warning that events like the one on Sunday "presage these movements will not disappear easily."
This tendency of the ultra-right to question the results "is spreading and should lead to reflection", said the minister, assuring that the Government of Spain "will defend democracy in Brazil and throughout the world" and "will spare no effort" in that sense.
"Spain needs a democratic Brazil, back on the international scene, in a year in which we have the presidency of the European Council [in the second half of the year]. Finally, asked about the reaction of the national spokesperson of the Popular Party, Cuca Gamarra, criticizing the elimination of the crime of sedition, Albares has said that, as minister, he was very concerned "that the first opposition party in Spain, in its first reaction, does not say anything in support of democracy or in rejection of the extreme right in Brazil.
"This shows that the PP has nothing to say in international politics," he said.
"As a citizen," he stated, "it is unfortunate that attempts are made to question the legitimacy of a president."
THE COUNTRY07:58
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The Bolsonaro encampment in front of the army headquarters, calm
The encampment that supporters of Bolsonaro planted in front of the army headquarters in Brasilia a few days after the elections in which Lula da Silva was elected remained calm during the Bolsonaristas' assault on Congress and the Supreme Court, thwarted by the police .
Of course, many fear that, after the events of the day before, the camp will be dismantled.
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The Plaza of the Three Powers of Brasilia, besieged
Our colleague Joan Royo has just arrived in Brasilia.
He sends us these images from the Plaza de los Tres Poderes, the epicenter of democratic institutions in the Brazilian capital, which this Sunday was the scene of an assault by Bolsonaro supporters.
Now, in the early hours of Monday morning, it is completely under police siege.
Lorena Arroyo04:50
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"Democracy always. Good night": This is how Lula says goodbye to a dramatic day in Brasilia
President Lula published a photo late Sunday night of a meeting with the president and the ministers of the Supreme Court during the visit he made hours before to review the damages perpetrated by Bolsonaro's followers in the facilities of that institution and in the Planalto Palace.
"Los golpistas que han promovido la destrucción del patrimonio público en Brasilia están siendo identificados y serán castigados. Mañana retomaremos los trabajos en el Palacio de Planalto. Democracia siempre. Buenas noches", ha escrito el presidente en su cuenta de Twitter.
Además de reunirse con los presidentes de los otros poderes (el Congreso, el Senado y el Tribunal Supremo) para tratar el asalto a las instituciones en Brasilia, Lula tiene previsto reunirse con gobernadores y conversar telefónicamente con el primer ministro de Portugal, António Costa, y con el expresidente de Estados Unidos Bill Clinton, según su agenda.
Lorena Arroyo04:16
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El Ejército y la policía prevén desmantelar el campamento de bolsonaristas de Brasilia
El Ejército y la Policía Militar del Distrito Federal van a comenzar a retirar a los manifestantes que seguían en el campamento delante del Cuartel general del Ejército en Brasilia, donde los seguidores de Bolsonaro se concentraron en los días previos al asalto a la sede de las instituciones democráticas, informa O Globo.
Según ese medio, la operación que se desarrollará este lunes, fue acordada este domingo en una reunión en Planalto entre los ministros de Defensa, Justicia, Casa Civil y el jefe del Ejército. Tras el asalto a las sedes del Congreso, el Gobierno y el Poder Judicial, algunos seguidores de Bolsonaro que habían participado en él trataron de regresar al campamento, pero la policía se lo impidió. Sin embargo, en el lugar sigue habiendo seguidores del expresidente.
Lorena Arroyo04:06
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Los jefes de los tres poderes se reunirán la mañana de este lunes en Brasilia
Los jefes de los tres poderes del Estado brasileño: el presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, los jefes de la Cámara de Diputados, Arthur Lira y del Senado, Rodrigo Pacheco, y la presidenta del Tribunal Supremo, Rosa Weber, se reunirán en la mañana del lunes a las 9:00 de Brasilia para analizar la situación tras los ataques de partidarios bolsonaristas a las instituciones que lideran, según informa la corresponsal de EL PAÍS en Brasil, Naiara Galarraga.
Por otra parte, la Policía Federal ha anunciado que refuerza la seguridad del presidente Lula después del asalto a las instituciones democráticas.
Lorena Arroyo02:54
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El número de detenidos por el asalto asciende a 260
Al menos 260 personas han sido detenidas por participar en el asalto al Congreso, el Palacio de Planalto y el Tribunal Supremo en Brasilia, según la última cifra ofrecida por la Policía Civil. Todos ellos han sido trasladados a sus instalaciones donde se les ha identificado y tomado declaración, informa el diario O Globo.
Por otra parte, la web de ese medio ha informado de que algunos bolsonaristas radicales han regresado al campamento frente al Cuartel general del Ejército donde estuvieron concentrados antes de la toma de las instituciones.
Lorena Arroyo01:56
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Lula llega a Brasilia e inspecciona los daños del Palacio de Planalto
El presidente Lula ha llegado en la noche de este domingo a Brasilia desde el Estado de Sao Paulo, donde visitaba una localidad afectada por las lluvias, y ha inspeccionado los daños causados por los asaltantes durante la invasión de la sede de la presidencia, el Palacio de Planalto.
O Globo ha difundido unas imágenes de Lula revisando los daños en el palacio presidencial. Según la narración del canal de televisión, que se refiere a los asaltantes como un "movimiento terrorista", el mandatario recorrió todos los pisos del edificio. Además, visitó también las instalaciones del Supremo Tribunal Federal para ver los destrozos.
Tras conocerse el asalto a las instituciones democráticas en Brasil por parte de los seguidores de Bolsonaro, Lula anunció la intervención federal de Brasilia y responsabilizó a su predecesor por los acontecimientos. "Aprovecharon el silencio del domingo, cuando todavía estamos formando el Gobierno, para hacer lo que hicieron. Y saben que hay varios discursos del expresidente alentando eso. Y esa es también su responsabilidad y la de los partidos que lo apoyaron", escribió en su cuenta de Twitter.
Lorena Arroyo01:28
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Bolsonaro, desde Estados Unidos: "Las invasiones de edificios escapan a la regla"
La primera reacción del expresidente Bolsonaro ha llegado más de dos horas después de que la policía pusiera fin al asalto mediante varios tuits: "Las manifestaciones pacíficas, conforme a la ley, son parte de la democracia. Sin embargo, las depredaciones e invasiones de edificios públicos como las ocurridas hoy, así como las practicadas por la izquierda en 2013 y 2017, escapan a la regla", ha afirmado el ultraderechista, que se refiere a las protestas populares en la recta final del Gobierno de Dilma Rousseff y tras su destitución, cuando manifestantes se pasearon por el tejado del Congreso, informa Naiara Galarraga Gortázar.
Bolsonaro añade que durante su mandato respetó la ley y repudia lo que describe como "acusaciones, sin pruebas" contra él "por parte del actual jefe del Ejecutivo de Brasil". Es la primera ocasión en la que reconoce el relevo y que Lula es el actual presidente.
Federico Rivas24:28
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Reportan 46 heridos
Hasta las 21.00 de este domingo, el Hospital de Brasilia había recibido 46 heridos en el intento de asalto al Congreso y el Palacio de Planalto. De este total, 40 tenían heridas menores y seis estaban graves. Dos personas necesitaron ser operadas de inmediato. Las autoridades del hospital no dieron detalles de las heridas sufridas por los manifestantes.
Federico Rivas24:16
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Habla el ministro de Justicia, Flávio Dino: "Van a ser indentificados uno a uno"
The Brazilian Minister of Justice warns that those detained for the attack on the headquarters of the three State powers in Brasilia will be identified "one by one."
"What has happened is unprecedented in the country's history," he said.
Federico Rivas24:10
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