Brasilia, Brazil.- The Brazilian Police confronted with tear gas hundreds of supporters of the far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro who were demonstrating in the Congress located in Brasilia.
The event occurs a week after the leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva assumed command of the country, an AFP photographer confirmed.
The surroundings of the Congress had been cordoned off by the authorities, but the Bolsonaro supporters who refuse to accept Lula’s election removed the security fences and dozens of them climbed the ramp of the building to occupy the roof.
The shocking images, which are reminiscent of the assault on the Capitol in the United States, show a human tide entering the building of modern architecture, headquarters of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.
The demonstrators occupied the roof, but also the adjacent gardens, including that of the Planalto Presidential Palace.
Bolsonaro, who was narrowly defeated by Lula in the second round of presidential elections on October 30, traveled to the United States two days before handing over the post to his successor.
