To Bolsonaro, Trump’s return to the White House is a manifestation of the political faith that he invested in his fellow president. Bolsonaro, dubbed the “Trump of the Tropics,” sees vindication everywhere he looks — and regards Trump as his potential path to political redemption.

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro says he is the victim of political persecution as he accompanied his wife to the airport to board a flight to represent him at U.S.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro said he won’t flee Brazil if sentenced to prison, a week after a judge barred him from traveling to Donald Trump’s inauguration amid investigations into an alleged coup attempt.

El Tribunal Supremo de Brasil prohibió este lunes al expresidente Jair Bolsonaro salir del país para asistir a la inauguración de Donald Trump en Washington.

Brazil moved swiftly to rule Bolsonaro ineligible for office until 2030, a penalty that could be extended by ongoing criminal investigations. In Washington, however, Republicans in the Senate helped acquit Trump in an impeachment trial that would have prevented him from seeking the presidency again.

Since then, however, their political paths have dramatically diverged.

Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro said Thursday that he hoped supporters arrested during a 2023 assault on the national seats of power would benefit from an amnesty, much like those of US President Donald Trump.

Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes denied the former president’s request to travel to the US for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next Monday.

Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday denied Bolsonaro's request to temporarily restore his passport so that he could travel to the inauguration

After Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ refusal Thursday, the former president’s defense appealed against the ruling that prevented him from traveling to the US for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused the country’s supreme court of persecuting him on Saturday after his appeal against a travel ban was rejected. Speaking at the airport in Brasilia, Bolsonaro, who had called on the Supreme Court to ...

Bolsonaro's lawyers filed an appeal claiming the politician had fully complied with the precautionary measures imposed on him by the Supreme Court.