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Thursday, May 7, 2026

Photos, video show chaos in Brazil two years after the US Capitol riot - Business Insider

  • Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro stormed Brazil's Congress Sunday with complaints of a stolen election.
  • The demonstrators broke through police barriers, smashed windows, and invaded government buildings.
  • The actions were similar to those of January 6 by supporters of Trump, who has praised Bolsonaro.

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Chaotic scenes erupted in Brazil on Sunday as supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress and other government buildings nearly two years to the day that similar events unfolded at the US Capitol.

Bolsonaro, like former President Donald Trump, has refused to acknowledge the results of Brazil's election in October, in which the far-right, populist leader lost to Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a leftist candidate who previously served as president of the country.

About a week after Lula's inauguration, thousands of demonstrators who claim the election was stolen descended on Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace, smashing through security barricades, breaking windows, and entering the buildings, all located in Brazilia, the country's capital.

—Nathália Urban...


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