In Brazil, President Lula has visited the damaged buildings stormed by rioters – and condemned what he called the ‘terrorist acts’ carried out by supporters of his right-wing predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.
Mr Bolsonaro, who’s in the US, questioned the result of the election he had lost BUT has attempted to distance himself from the unrest.
Our Latin America Correspondent Guillermo Galdos is in Brasilia assessing the fallout.