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Associated Press

Protesters backing former Brazilian president storm legislature, high court, presidential palace

Protesters, supporters of Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, storm the the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil on Sunday. (Eraldo Peres, Associated Press)

RIO DE JANEIRO — Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his electoral defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace in the capital Sunday, just a week after the inauguration of his leftist rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Thousands of demonstrators bypassed security barricades, climbed on the roofs, broke windows and invaded all three buildings, which are connected through the vast Three Powers square in Brasilia. Some are calling for a military intervention to restore the far-right Bolsonaro to power.

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