Bolsonaro Supporters Storm Brazil’s Congress Buildings

Many call for military intervention to remove leftist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Thousands of protesters supporting Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress buildings and those of the country’s Supreme Court in the capital Brasília Sunday, many calling for military intervention to remove Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the leftist leader who took office last week.

Television images showed protesters breaking windows inside Congress and swarming up the ramp at the entrance to the presidential palace, many dressed in Brazil’s green and yellow national colors, as riot police arrived on the scene.

An outspoken former army captain and friend of Donald Trump, Mr. Bolsonaro has yet to publicly concede he lost the election, which Mr. da Silva won in October with 51% of the vote.

Mr. Bolsonaro, whose unfounded claims of election fraud ahead of the vote polarized the country’s electorate, left Brazil for Orlando, Fla., shortly before Mr. da Silva was inaugurated on Jan. 1, refusing to hand over the presidential sash to his rival.

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