The similarities are striking, though the legal outcomes were different. A far-right, law-and-order populist, Jair Bolsonaro was dubbed by...
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Brazil's unique institutions helped it weather an authoritarian challenge to its democracy. But the U.S. has other resources to bolster its...
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Bolsonaro's stabbing has been much discussed in the wake of the shooting that nearly killed former US President Donald Trump last Saturday.
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Assassination attempts or attacks often boost a politician's popularity, as in the case of Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro. Observers wonder whether the same will be...
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Brazilian far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro at a rally of conservative supporters on Saturday said the right was gaining ground internationally.
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Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro is preparing to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida,...
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The Argentine, a self-styled “anarcho-capitalist” intent on shrinking the state as far as possible, differs from both Trump and Bolsonaro in key aspects of his...
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Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro said Sunday that Donald Trump had narrowly escaped death during an attempted shooting, much as he had when stabbed.
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Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro led the merrymaking after their Argentinian ally trounced his rival, the Peronist finance minister, Sergio Massa, by nearly 3m...
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been indicted by Brazil's Federal Police for money laundering and criminal association,...
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