Thousands of Brazilians far-right on January 8, 2023, assaulted the Presidential Palace, the National Congress and the Supreme Court in Brasilia, destroying everything in their path. Rioters demanded military intervention and the recognition of Jair Bolsonaro as new president. After few hours of chaos and fear for the Brazilian democracy, police special force took control of the buildings using tear gases, stun grenades and helicopters. At the end of the day more than 2000 of the Bolsonaro supporters were arrested and the calm came back after the storm in Brazil.
Antonio was born in Sicily in 1985. He is graduated in Foreign Languages and modern Cultures at the University of Palermo. In 2016 he study a post-graduation course in Documentary Photography at the Idep school in Barcelona. In 2018 he began a collaboration with the photo agency AbacaPress, in 2020 with Sopa Images and in 2023 with Reuters News Agency. From 2019 he is working as freelancer from Mexico, Colombia and Brazil. His photographs have been published in The Guardian, DW, CNN, BBC, Mongabay, The Times, The New Yorker, Revista 5W, El Pais, Publico, Folha de São Paulo, Liberation, etc.
