Update on the situation at midnight
It is midnight in Paris (8 p.m. in Brazil), an opportunity to summarize the information in our possession on the current demonstrations in Brasilia:
• The Congress was evacuated by the police. The situation also appears to be under control at the Planalto Presidential Palace and the Supreme Court.
• Many demonstrators are still present around these places of power in Brasilia.
• International condemnation: Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, and many other officials have condemned these demonstrations and violence
Joe Biden judges the violence of Bolsonarists in Brazil “scandalous”
US President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the situation in Brazil was “scandalous”, reports the Reuters news agency.
Supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro have invaded Congress, the presidential palace and the country’s Supreme Court.
The Congress evacuated by the police after the invasion of Bolsonarists
The Brazilian Congress was evacuated by the police several hours after being stormed on Sunday by hundreds of supporters of the far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, noted an AFP-TV journalist.
The situation was less clear but also seemed under control at the Presidential Palace of Planalto and at the Supreme Court, even if a large number of demonstrators remained in the vicinity of these places of power in Brasilia.
Police and pro-Bolsonaro demonstrators continue to face each other
As night fell in the Brazilian capital, law enforcement seemed to be gradually regaining control of the situation, with water cannons keeping protesters at bay, although dozens of protesters remained in place and the situation remained confused.
At least 150 bolsonarists arrested after the invasions in Brasilia
At least 150 supporters of far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro have been arrested after the invasion and ransacking of Brazil’s main places of power on Sunday in Brasilia, according to several media.
Images from the CNN Brazil channel showed Bolsonarists dressed in yellow and green descending in single file, hands behind their backs, the ramp of the presidential palace of Planalto, surrounded by police.
Mélenchon accuses the Brazilian “extreme right” of “attempting a putsch in Trump mode”
The rebel and ex-presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon accused the Brazilian “extreme right” on Twitter of “attempting a Trump-style putsch against the new left-wing president Lula”.
“Solidarity with Brazilian democracy!”, He wrote on the same social network.
The European Union condemns the assault of the Bolsonarists
European Union officials on Sunday condemned the invasion by hundreds of supporters of far-right ex-Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro of political institutions in Brasilia, expressing their “full support” for President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva .
US ‘condemns any attempt’ to undermine democracy in Brazil
The White House reacted on Sunday to the assault on places of power in Brazil by Bolsonarists contesting the election of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, condemning “any attempt to undermine democracy”.
“The United States condemns any attempt to undermine democracy in Brazil. President Biden (from the southern United States where he was on Sunday, before a visit to Mexico) is following the situation closely and our support for democratic institutions of Brazil is unwavering,” White House adviser Jake Sullivan tweeted.
Macron calls for “respecting” the institutions and supports Lula
French Head of State Emmanuel Macron called on Sunday for “respect for democratic institutions” in Brazil and underlined France’s “unwavering support” for President Lula, after the invasion of several institutions by Bolsonarian activists.
Lula decrees an intervention of the federal police in Brasilia
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Sunday condemned the invasion of places of power in Brasilia by “fascist vandals” and decreed a “federal intervention” on the police to regain control of the security of the capital.
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