BRAZIL CONGRESS STORMED

Bolsonaro's supporters poured into major government buildings, smashing windows and using furniture to form barricades against security forces, driven by unfounded allegations of election fraud and donning the national colours of Brazil and the national football team, both of which became central motifs of Bolsonaro's campaigns.

Lula da Silva spoke on the situation in the nation's capital, Brasilia, at a press conference, describing the event as “barbaric”, claiming that “a lack of security” had allowed Bolsonaro’s supporters to contravene military barriers outside the congressional building, the Supreme Court and the Planalto Presidential Palace.

“These people are everything that is abominable in politics,” he said. “All the people who did this will be found and punished.”

What comes next for the Brazilian Congress after this grim echo of the US Capitol invasion?