Donald Trump’s presence is everywhere in former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s orbit. “Jair — You are GREAT,” reads ...

President-elect Donald Trump's victory in November's election has given hope to Brazil's former leader Jair Bolsonaro, who is currently barred from running for public office until 2030 due to a ...

Perhaps the clearest contrast: Mr. Trump was able to run for president while prosecutors pursued criminal charges against him, while Mr. Bolsonaro has been ruled ineligible for the next election.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been indicted for plotting a coup to overturn the country’s 2022 election, has been invited to the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump ...

(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Jair Bolsonaro, a presidential candidate of the Social Liberal Party, waves after voting in the presidential runoff election in Rio de Janeiro, Oct. 28, 2018. (AP ...

Jair Bolsonaro has had a rough couple of years: election losses, criminal cases, questionable embassy sleepovers. So when he finally received a piece of good news last week — an invitation to ...

Federal police seized Bolsonaro’s passport in Feb. 2024, during a raid related to the investigation into whether he and top aides plotted to ignore the 2022 election results and stage an ...

“As long as the electoral court doesn’t turn down my registration, it’s valid,” Bolsonaro said. “They can just put it off as long as possible … until the election is over.” ...

But Bolsonaro has been mired in legal scrutiny since his defeat in the 2022 elections. In October of that year, left-wing leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrowly bested Bolsonaro in a run-off ...

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 others are formally accused of attempting a coup to keep him in office after his 2022 election loss. Nov. 22, 2024 “I’ll be representing the ...

Federal police seized Bolsonaro’s passport in Feb. 2024, during a raid related to the investigation into whether he and top aides plotted to ignore the 2022 election results and stage an ...