Images are eerily evocative of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol came out of Brazil as thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government buildings in the capital of Brasilia on Sunday. According to The New York Timesprotesters breached Brazil’s Congress, presidential offices, and Supreme Court believing Bolsonaro’s baseless claims that the recent presidential election was stolen from him.
Hours later, authorities reported that the military police had regained control of Brasilia’s Three Powers Square, where the Presidential Palace, Congress, and the Supreme Court were located. Police