The storming of Brazil's Congress may have shocked the nation, but it is only the pinnacle of years of fierce political infighting that has left both sides sure the other will destroy their country.
On Sunday thousands of supporters of ex-President Jair Bolsonaro stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and the presidential palace.
No politicians were working at the time and president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was away from the capital Brasilia.
But this has not stopped president Lula and many other senior politicians from swiftly and harshly criticising the scenes.
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