Jair Bolsonaro

Former Brazil spy chief freed from US ICE detention, ally and source say

"Alexandre Ramagem is free," Paulo Figueiredo, a far-right Brazilian commentator based in the US, said on X.

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro talks to media as Rio de Janeiro's candidate for mayor Alexandre Ramagem looks on, after Bolsonaro was voting at a polling station during the municipal elections in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 6, 2024.
Flavio Bolsonaro at the 2026 “Generation of Truth” antisemitism conference in Jerusalem.

Brazil a 'Christian, Jewish country,' Bolsonaro tells 'Post'; pitches pro-Israel reset - interview

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, attends an interview with Reuters in Brasilia, Brazil December 19, 2025.

Former Brazilian president Bolsonaro confirms son's presidential pre-candidacy in official letter

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro leaves the hospital where he went to undergo a skin surgery procedure, authorized by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes,  in Brasilia, Brazil, September 14, 2025.

Bolsonaro says medications made him tamper with tracking device, triggering detention


After record COVID-19 deaths, Bolsonaro tells Brazilians to stop 'whining'

While the US outbreak is ebbing, Brazil is facing its worst phase of the epidemic yet, pushing its hospital system to the brink of collapse.

The new Brasilian President Jair Bolsonaro

Brazilian states blast Bolsonaro over pandemic during worst phase yet

Last week was the deadliest yet for Brazil's outbreak, averaging nearly 1,200 confirmed deaths per day according to Health Ministry data.

Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro salutes before receiving a confirmation of his victory in the recent presidential election in Brasilia, Brazil December 10, 2018

Brazil COVID-19 death toll passes a quarter million

With 65,998 new coronavirus cases reported on Thursday, the South American country has now registered 10,390,461 cases, in the world's third-worst outbreak.

A drone view of the Christ The Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 15, 2020.

COVID-19: Bolsonaro seeks emergency approval for Israeli 'miracle cure'

The EXO-CD24 nasal spray saw a near 100% success rate in Phase I clinical trials, which will also be expanded to Greece's largest hospital.

Brazilian Presdient Jair Bolsonaro and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu .

Armed bank robbers storm another Brazilian town, battle police in streets

The attack, in the early hours of the morning in the northern riverside city of Cametá, was the second such heist in as many days in Brazil.

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's president-elect, on October 28, 2018

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rises to 12-year high under Bolsonaro

The Amazon is the world's largest rainforest and its protection is crucial to stopping catastrophic climate change because of the vast amount of carbon dioxide it absorbs.

Burning forest is seen during "Operation Green Wave" to combat illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest

Yair Netanyahu interviews son of Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro

The interview was full of mutual compliments about their fathers’ governments and their shared dislike of the media and contempt for the left.

Yair Netanyahu

Brazil's Bolsonaro's son charged for corruption scheme – report

O Globo, one of Brazil's leading dailies, cited a more than 300-page indictment detailing the charges.

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's president-elect, on October 28, 2018

Brazil environment ministry says stop fighting deforestation, VP denies it

The competing statements come amid rising deforestation and growing criticism of Brazil's environmental policy from environmental groups as well as international investors.

A tract of Amazon jungle is seen after a fire in Boca do Acre, Amazonas state, Brazil August 24, 2019

Brazil's Bolsonaro: Journalist 'wimps' more likely to die of COVID-19

"You only know how to do evil, to use a pen largely for evil. Your chance of surviving is quite a bit lower."

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's president-elect, on October 28, 2018