Hardcore supporters of the former president have refused to accept the results of the election in October, which saw Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva come to power
Protesters, supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, protest outside the Planalto Palace building in Brasilia, Brazil. Supporters of the former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, have stormed the presidential palace, Congress and ministries’ building in the country’s capital.
Footage on social media shows hundreds of people marching through the Three Powers Plaza in Brasilia, many of them draped in the yellow and green colours of Brazil’s national flag.Brazil’s new president, the leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who was officially sworn in last Sunday, is currently away on an official trip in Sao Paulo state.
Thousands of pro-Bolsonaro supporters have refused to accept the results of the October election and have spent weeks calling for a military coup.
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