Jair Bolsonaro supporters, who believe the former president lost the election last year due to election fraud, stormed the National Congress in Brazil.
have wanted the military to intervene in some way as they believe the October run-off election, where the far-right leader narrowly lost to Lula, was rigged and stolen.
But Lula hit out at his predecessor on Twitter, posting:"They [rioters] took advantage of the silence on Sunday, when we are still setting up the government, to do what they did. The rioters were denounced by Latin American leaders and heads of state across the world, including PresidentChilean President Gabriel Boric Font tweeted:"Unprecedented attack on the three powers of the Brazilian state by Bolsonaristas [Bolsonaro supporters].
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