Extremists have refused to accept Lula’s victory in presidential election last year
Hundreds of hardcore supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro have stormed the country’s congress, presidential palace and supreme court in a stunning security breach that was immediately compared to the 6 January invasion of the US Capitol by followers of Donald Trump in 2021.
The veteran leftist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sworn in as Brazil’s new president last Sunday in celebrations attended by hundreds of thousands of Brazilians.