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.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, left, and Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto attend a ceremony honoring ...

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 ...

Former Brazilian president’s plans to attend ceremony are scuppered after supreme court rejects request to release his confiscated passport

The former first lady and congressman were not indicted in the Federal Police report; the former president's defense criticizes the leak

Jair Bolsonaro and a Times reporter discussed the former Brazilian president’s two mysterious nights at the Hungarian Embassy. By Jack Nicas Jack Nicas broke the story about Jair Bolsonaro’s apparent bid for asylum at the Hungarian Embassy. He asked ...

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

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

Former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing criminal charges, has been invited to Trump's inauguration even though Brazil's government has confiscated his passport

Brazil’s Supreme Court has denied a request by former President Jair Bolsonaro to temporarily restore his passport so he could attend the inauguration in Washington of U.S. President-elect Donald Trum

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