of family members. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in brazil where there has been a swift and stern reaction to the invasion of the congress by supporters of the former president jair bolsonaro. more than 1,500 people have been arrested with suggestions they could be charged with terrorism. they ve been taken in buses to police headquarters to be questioned. it seems the investigation into who was behind the invasion will be a priority for the new government of president lula. police have already been dismantling the main protest camp which was set up by supporters of mr bolsonaro. officers wearing riot uniforms were deployed and a spokesman said the protestors were dispersed. the aftermath of the damage caused to the congress and other government buildings in brasilia is now becoming apparent. however, it seems that no one was seriously injured. some supporters of president lula say it s because the security forces were encouraged by
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for those responsible, mr bolsonaro. 0ur south america correspondent katy watson sent us this report from one of the demonstrations. this demonstration is just one of many that have been called in response to the events of sunday. people here are showing that they are not going to take what they saw in brasilia, the invasion of congress, the supreme federal court, and the presidential palace. people are calling for punishment of those responsible. they are waving placards saying without amnesty for the coup mongerers. i spoke to one person who said this is not about not agreeing, it is allowing people to have different opinions and respecting democracy and this is what this event is about. it s about moving forward and encouraging democracy in this deeply divided country. for more analysis on this, i m joined now by maria herminia tavares who is professor of political science
at sao paulo university. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. what has been the reaction to these protests in brazil? . , , ., , brazil? there has been a very important brazil? there has been a very important reaction brazil? there has been a very important reaction to - brazil? there has been a very important reaction to the - important reaction to the vandalism acts last sunday. actually, there is opinion poll, that says that 90% of the brazilians condemn the acts, so i think there is a huge support for democracy, everybody is very appalled by the violent, that we saw in brasilia by television.
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