On January 8, 2023, thousands of rightwing extremists and evangelical groups dissatisfied with the defeat of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, attempted a coup in Brasilia. They assaulted the Presidential Palace, the Federal Supreme Court and the National Congress. They called for a military intervention to remove the newly elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, but after hours of confrontation, Brazilian special forces managed to disperse the protesters. In the photo, a woman protected by a protester in a bulletproof jacket, prays on her knees in front of a riot police cordon.
Antonio Cascio, born in 1985, is an Italian photojournalist focused in social movements, environmental justice, and discriminated groups. In 2016 he studied a Photo Documentary post-graduation course at the Idep school in Barcelona, Spain. In 2018 he started a collaboration with Abacapress news agency, in 2020 with Sopa Images and in 2023 with Reuters. From 2019 he works as freelancer from Mexico, Colombia and Brazil. His photographs have been published in The Guardian, DW, CNN, Mongabay, The Times, The New Yorker, Revista 5W, El Pais, Publico, Folha de São Paulo, Liberation, etc.
