Brazilian president not in capital, Congress and Supreme Court under the control protesters.

Brazil's President Lula da Silva is currently in Sao Paulo state, on an official trip...

1. Brazilian President Lula Da Silva was evacuated from the country's capital due to riots staged by supporters of the country's past leader. According to the newspaper Folha, he is now in the city of Sao Paulo.

On January 9, in Brazil, protests by supporters of the former head of state, Jair Bolsonaro, escalated into riots.

Participants demanding Da Silva's resignation seized the country's parliament building and also sacked the presidential palace.

According to unconfirmed information, the Congress and the Supreme Court building were under the control of the protesters.
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*2. 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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3. Brazilian President Lula da Silva has declared a federal security intervention in Brasilia after supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro invaded the country's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court.

*Brazil's President Lula da Silva is currently in Sao Paulo state, on an official trip*
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