Donald Trump’s presence is everywhere in former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s orbit.

Jan 17, 2025 · RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A polarized nation. A right-wing populist casting doubt on the electoral system then refusing to concede. A riot by his supporters in the capital aiming to keep him in power. This isn’t just the story of Donald …

Jan 16, 2025 · The then-president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, center, with then-President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in 2020. T.J. Kirkpatrick for The New York Times

Oct 28, 2021 · By endorsing Bolsonaro, Trump is endorsing his own legacy. Bolsonaro, after all, is one of the key figures maintaining Trumpism on the international stage. Like the former …

Jan 16, 2025 · Jair Bolsonaro’s Stay-Out-of-Jail Card: The former Brazilian president, squeezed by criminal investigations, is looking to Trump, Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg to shift his nation’s politics...

Nov 10, 2024 · Since President-elect Donald Trump’s political comeback on Tuesday, Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro and his supporters have celebrated his victory as their own. In many ways, nowhere...

Nov 29, 2024 · Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has expressed hope that United States President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January will help bolster his own political...

Nov 29, 2024 · BRASÍLIA— Jair Bolsonaro, former president of Brazil, wants to return to power and said he believes U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will help make that happen, possibly by using economic...

Nov 25, 2024 · The political fortunes of Brazil's hard-right former President Jair Bolsonaro long mirrored those of his ideological ally Donald Trump - but their fates now look to have diverged...

Jan 8, 2025 · 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...