Supporters have stormed Congress this evening (Picture: AFP)

Supporters of Brazilian a ways-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro have stormed Congress and police have used tear gas in an try to repel them.

The dramatic scenes got here a week after left-wing veteran Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s inauguration.

Supporters climbed on best of the building’s roof and broke the glass in its home windows.

Police have used teargas to check out and forestall the protestors (Image: AFP)

Supporters of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro clashed with police (Picture: AFP)

Other demonstrators accumulated out of doors the presidential palace and supreme court, though it was once not straight away transparent in the event that they controlled to wreck into the homes.

The incidents, very similar to the invasion of the us Capitol last yr come after leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in on January 1.

Supporters of Mr Bolsonaro – who refuse to accept that he misplaced the election – broke through obstacles and entered the building in the capital, Brasília.

Protesters – who smashed windows of the construction – have been tenting local.

Mr da Silva – better referred to as Lula – defeated Jair Bolsonaro in October’s election.

In his inauguration speech, Lula vowed to rebuild a rustic in ‘bad ruins’.

He decried the policies of his predecessor, who went to the us to circumvent the handover rite.

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