The storming of Brasilia
Supporters of the defeated president sack all three branches of government at once.
- When
- Known to
- ± 12 hours
- Era
- Contemporary, Holocene
- Where
- Brasilia, Brazil · 15.7997° S, 47.8645° W
On 8 January 2023, a week after Lula's inauguration, thousands invaded the Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace, wrecking chambers and artworks. Order was restored within hours. Unlike its American precedent two years earlier, the response was swift and severe: over a thousand prosecutions, and in 2025 Jair Bolsonaro was convicted of leading a coup plot and sentenced to 27 years.