Jair Bolsonaro

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

Flavio Bolsonaro wants Brazil back in Israel’s corner and wants the evangelical and conservative forces reshaping Latin America to see Israel as a symbol of shared values and shared enemies.

Flavio Bolsonaro at the 2026 “Generation of Truth” antisemitism conference in Jerusalem.
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

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.

Brazil's Bolsonaro detained over flight risk, damaged ankle monitor


Netanyahu calls Brazil's Bolsonaro to assist with Amazon rainforest fire

Bolsonaro thanked Netanyahu and accepted his offer.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at Ben Gurion Airport on March 31, 2019

Amazon rainforest burns at a record rate, raises int'l concern - pictures

As the pressure mounted on the Brazilian president last week, he blamed NGOs for the fires and told the world not to interfere.

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

Trump speaks with Brazil's Bolsonaro, offers aid with Amazon fires

Brazil’s Amazon is burning at a record rate, according to data from the National Institute of Space Research.

A tract of the Amazon jungle burns as it is cleared by loggers and farmers in Porto Velho, Brazil August 24, 2019

As record numbers of fires burn in Amazon, Bolsonaro blames NGOs

He also recently fired the head of INPE, Ricardo Galvao, after dismissing data showing an 88% rise in deforestation between June 2018 and June 2019 as “lies.”

A man works in a burning tract of Amazon jungle as it is being cleared by loggers and farmers in Iranduba

Israeli Embassy attempts to cover-up Bolsonaro's lobster meal on Twitter

The Israeli Embassy posted a picture of the two eating, but the plates were scratched out seemingly in an attempt to cover up what most Twitter commenters have decided is lobster.

Brazilian Presdient Jair Bolsonaro and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu .

Homophobic remarks by Brazil's president may harm tourism industry

During a talk with reporters on Thursday, Bolsonaro said that Brazil should avoid being known as a gay destination because "we have families."

STARTLING SHIFT: Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro salutes before receiving confirmation of his victory in the recent election, in Brasilia on December 10.

Bolsonaro: I did not intend to use word 'forgiveness' in Holocaust context

“Forgiveness is something personal, my speech was never meant to be used in a historical context," Bolsonaro said.

The new Brasilian President Jair Bolsonaro

Not his place

Bolsonaro said: “We can forgive, but we cannot forget,” in a speech to a group of Evangelical pastors in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday.He got it half right.

BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT Jair Bolsonaro receives the Friends of Zion Award in Jerusalem

Yad Vashem, Rivlin slam Bolsonaro after Holocaust comments

"We can forgive, but we cannot forget," said the President of Brazil, seemingly indicating that one can forgive the Nazis and other perpetrators the Holocaust.

STARTLING SHIFT: Brazil’s president-elect Jair Bolsonaro salutes before receiving confirmation of his victory in the recent election, in Brasilia on December 10.

U.S. science museum 'concerned' by event to honor Brazil's Bolsonaro

Bolsonaro's office and the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT Jair Bolsonaro receives the Friends of Zion Award in Jerusalem