Brazil unrest: Here is all you need to know about riots

• Jair Bolsonaro supporters attacked significant government structures in the capital,
• Emmanuel Macron & General Antonio Guterres denounced the “assault on Brazil’s democratic institutions”.
• At least 12 journalists were attacked on Sunday.

The fallout from Sunday’s riots, when Jair Bolsonaro supporters attacked significant government structures in the capital, is still being felt in Brazil.

The most recent changes are as follows:

Violence in protests condemned:
French President Emmanuel Macron said that “the will of the Brazilian people and democratic institutions must be respected.” United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres also denounced the “assault on Brazil’s democratic institutions.”

Reporters were assaulted:
According to the Union of Professional Journalists in the Federal District, at least 12 journalists were attacked on Sunday when Bolsonaro supporters stormed Brazil’s congressional building, the Supreme Court, and the Planalto Presidential Palace.

Campers begin to disband:
Bolsonaro supporters seen packing their tents and heading for buses parked outside the city’s Military Headquarters after a top official called for police to arrest and imprison any protesters still in the camps following Sunday’s events.
Similar to the uprising on January 6, 2021, when supporters of ex-US President Donald Trump, a close ally of Bolsonaro, stormed Congress to prevent the certification of his election defeat, Sunday’s events immediately drew comparisons to that uprising.

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