Some will see it as a symbol of more than one divided country.
Nearly one in five Brazilians approve of the invasion and ransacking of places of power by supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday in Brasilia, according to a poll published Wednesday by the Atlas Institute.
To the question "Do you agree with the actions of the demonstrators who occupied the Congress, the Presidential Palace and the Supreme Court", 18.4% of the respondents answered in the affirmative, 75.8% said they disagreed and 5.8% refrained from answering.
And 53% of respondents consider this invasion "totally unjustified", while 27.5% consider it "partly justified" and 10.5% "totally justified".
Just over half (50.2%) of respondents believe that Jair Bolsonaro is responsible for the riots.
This survey was conducted Monday and Tuesday with a representative sample of 2,200 people.
A relative of Bolsonaro targeted by an arrest warrant
On Sunday, several thousand bolsonarists refusing to accept the return to power of left-wing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sowed chaos in Brasilia, in the face of a totally overwhelmed police force, but considered complacent, even accomplice by many specialists.
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Brazil: ransacking of places of power by supporters of Bolsonaro
They have invaded the most emblematic places of power of Brazilian democracy, which are very close to each other, around the Three Powers Square, in the heart of the futuristic capital.
Inside, the rioters destroyed everything in their path, including rare furniture and priceless works of art.
Several hundred people have been arrested and the authorities are investigating to identify those who financed and organized these disturbances.
Anderson Torres, the far-right leader's former justice minister, faces an arrest warrant issued by a Supreme Court judge for alleged collusion with the riots as the capital's security secretary , a position from which he was dismissed after the events.