Thousands of supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro stormed governmental buildings in Brazil in an act reminiscent of the US Capitol attack nearly two years ago by fans of former President Donald Trump Read more:
Hundreds of supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro have broken through police barricades and stormed into Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court, in what President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned as a "fascist" attack.
Lula, who was in the southeastern city of Araraquara visiting a region hit by severe floods, signed a decree declaring a federal intervention in Brasilia, giving his government special powers to restore law and order in the capital. Crowds of protesters scaled to the roof of the iconic Congress building to unfurl a banner with an appeal to the military: "INTERVENTION."
But the scenes of chaos continued into the early evening, with huge crowds still gathered at the three buildings.
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