Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announces a federal security intervention in Brasilia lasting until January 31 after capital security forces initially were overwhelmed by the invaders.
BRASILIA, Brazil – Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday, January 8, invaded the country’s Congress, presidential palace, and Supreme Court, in a grim echo of the US Capitol invasion two years ago by fans of former President Donald Trump.
“These vandals, who we could call fanatical Nazis, fanatical Stalinists … fanatical fascists, did what has never been done in the history of this country,” said Lula, who was on an official trip to Sao Paulo state. “All these people who did this will be found and they will be punished.” “This genocidist … is encouraging this via social media from Miami,” Lula said, referring to Bolsonaro. “Everybody knows there are various speeches of the ex-president encouraging this.”
The invasion poses an immediate problem for Lula, who was only inaugurated on January 1 and has pledged to unite a nation torn apart by Bolsonaro’s nationalist populism. Television images showed protesters breaking into the Supreme Court and Congress, chanting slogans and smashing furniture. Local media estimated about 3,000 people were involved.
Brasilia Governor Ibaneis Rocha wrote on Twitter that he had fired his top security official, Anderson Torres, previously Bolsonaro’s justice minister. The solicitor general’s office said it had filed a request for Torres’ arrest.
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