The Latest Breaking News from Jair Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro supporters stormed the Congress, Supreme Court and Presidential Palace.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s capital was recovering early Monday from an insurrection by thousands of supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed the country’s top government institutions, leaving a trail of destruction and testing the leadership of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva just a week after he took office.

Far-right former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was admitted to a hospital in Florida on Monday as about 1,000 of his supporters were rounded up in Brasilia after storming the capital.

Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro’s presence in the U.S. has turned into a diplomatic quandary for President Joe Biden after Bolsonaro's supporters stormed government buildings in Brasilia over the weekend.

Brazil’s state institutions, including the recently installed government of Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, have reacted swiftly in the wake of the riots in Brasilia last weekend. Hundreds of rioters have already been arrested and the state governor of the federal district has been suspended for his sluggish and ineffective…

Mr Bolsonaro has been photographed meeting with supporters, shopping for groceries, and eating fried chicken all around Florida -- all while lawmakers call for his extradition back to Brazil. Graig Graziosi investigates

Bolsonaro’s hospitalisation in Florida follows an attack by his supporters against key government offices in Brazil.

The storming of Brazil’s seat of power by a mob of supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro has put the spotlight on Brazil’s security forces, raising questions about their unpreparedness and incompetence, and perhaps even their complicity with protesters demanding the overturning of a democractic vote.

The news Australia is searching for, and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick look at this morning's stories as they happen.