The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will help Brazilian authorities recover property, works of art and buildings damaged during the January 8 riots, Unesco Brazil director Marlova Noleto announced , on Thursday.
We have agreed with the Brazilian Minister of Culture, Margareth Menezes, that Unesco will support the restoration work on the damaged heritage,” Noleto said in statements to local portal G1. Unesco is currently awaiting the completion of the assessment of the damage caused by the diseases in order to find out which specialists are needed. Noleto recalled that the Brazilian capital, Brasilia, was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987.
On January 8, hundreds of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) invaded the headquarters of the National Congress, the Presidency and the Supreme Court, demanding military intervention to overthrow the government of Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, who took office on January 1 from January. The protesters violated the barricades, attacked security personnel, smashed doors and windows, and occupied part of the building and the roofs of the Planalto Palace, the seat of the executive branch.