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Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil’s Congress and presidential palace | South China Morning Post

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Supporters of Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the country’s Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court on January 8, 2023, in a grim echo of the US Capitol invasion two years ago by fans of former president Donald Trump. Leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who defeated Bolson…

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