BREAKING NEWS: Bolsonaro supporters occupy Congress building in Brazil – Last Minute World News

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Important news! In Brazil, hundreds of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded the National Congress.

According to the news in the country’s press, groups chanting slogans demanding military intervention broke through the police barrier and entered the Congress building.

Police intervene with tear gas to disperse the far-right pro-Bolsonaro demonstrators.




Bolsonaro supporters, who organized a protest against Brazil’s new president, Luiz Inácio Lula bile Silva, called on the military to intervene.

Some protesters climbed onto the roofs of the House of Representatives and Senate buildings.




In the second round of presidential elections on October 30, 2022 in Brazil, the largest country in South America, with a population of more than 212 million, leftist ex-President Lula, who ruled the country for two terms, voted 50.9 percent and the far-right Bolsonaro had received 49.1 percent.

After the election results were announced, Bolsonaro supporters first staged highway blockades in the country for days and then called on the armed forces to intervene against Lula’s takeover of the presidency during the demonstrations they held in front of the army headquarters.

On November 15, the 123rd anniversary of the proclamation of the republic in the country, Bolsonaro supporters held demonstrations near the military headquarters in the cities of Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Rio dahi Janeiro, Recife and Belen, calling on the army to intervene against Lula.

Former President Lula bile Silva, who won the second round of Brazil’s presidential election, was sworn in on January 1, 2023.