Bolsonaro

Forty-eight hours after losing the runoff in Brazil to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Flávio Bolsonaro, former president Jair Bolsonaro’s eldest son, a senator representing Rio de Janeiro, fled to the United States. From there, where his brother Eduardo, a former congressman, has lived since February 2025, he continues…

Politics / November 2, 2026 A leading Brazil scholar predicts that Trump will continue to meddle in Brazilian politics. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva waves a Brazil flag at his final rally ahead of the presidential runoff elections (which he would later win) on October 24, 2026, in São Paulo,…

commentary Defeated Brazilian politician joins a long line of authoritarians to seek refuge in the Sunshine State Published November 1, 2026 9:00AM (EST) Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro arrives at Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport with his family, Oct. 28, 2026. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) I had this fantasy as a…

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday evening that defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro can stay in the United States indefinitely. The comments, made to reporters during a Halloween party at Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in Florida, suggest that relations between the Western Hemisphere's two largest democracies may remain strained…

State Secretary Marco Rubio denied reports the Trump administration was involved in the flight of presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro from Brazil...Read More

On October 25, Brazilians will vote in the second round of their presidential elections. The matter might not be all that suspenseful. The far right-wing candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, is widely favored to defeat the incumbent, President Lula da Silva, especially after Bolsonaro’s unexpectedly strong showing in the first round, which…

From Bukele to Bolsonaro, the region’s conservatives have learned to love Zionism. The post How Israel Conquered the Latin American Right appeared first on The American Conservative...Read More

SAO PAULO -- A Brazilian Supreme Court justice issued a warrant on Thursday for the arrest of Eduardo Bolsonaro, one of the brothers of presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro. Eduardo Bolsonaro was sentenced in June to four years in prison for lobbying the Trump administration. Bolsonaro, a 42-year-old former lawmaker who…

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Thousands of Brazilian students marched in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday to protest against the possibility of Flávio Bolsonaro winning the presidency, after the far-right candidate received more votes than incumbent and left-leaning Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the first round of Brazil’s presidential…

Democracy Dies in Darkness The favorite to win Brazil’s election has promised to free his imprisoned father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, grant amnesty to supporters and impeach Supreme Court justices. October 7, 2026 Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro addresses supporters at the launch of his runoff campaign Tuesday in Goiânia.…