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Supporters of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro invade the National Congress in Brasilia on January 8, 2023. - Hundreds of supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro broke through police barricades and stormed into Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court Sunday, in a dramatic protest against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's inauguration last week. (Photo by Sergio Lima / AFP) (Photo by SERGIO LIMA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Brazilian former president and presidential candidate for the leftist Workers Party (PT), Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R), speaks to supporters holding hands with Sao Paulo Governor candidate Fernando Haddad (L), and Brazil's vice-presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin.

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