The former Brazilian president, squeezed by criminal investigations, looks to the United States to shift his nation’s politics — and maybe keep him a free man.

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

Brazil’s Supreme Court barred former President Jair Bolsonaro from leaving the country to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington on Monday.

Brazil moved swiftly to rule Bolsonaro ineligible for office until 2030, a penalty that could be extended by ongoing criminal investigations. In Washington, however, Republicans in the Senate helped acquit Trump in an impeachment trial that would have prevented him from seeking the presidency again.

A Brazilian judge on Friday rejected an appeal by former president Jair Bolsonaro to have his passport returned to him so he could attend the inauguration of his hero, US President-elect Donald Trump.

Brazil's top court on Thursday refused to return the passport of right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro, who had hoped to attend next week's inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro's defense filed a request late on Thursday with Brazil's highest court to urgently reconsider the decision to bar him from traveling to the United States to attend the U.

El Tribunal Supremo de Brasil prohibió este lunes al expresidente Jair Bolsonaro salir del país para asistir a la inauguración de Donald Trump en Washington.

Corrections & Amplifications for the edition of Jan. 18, 2025.

Among those attending will be celebrities like Carrie Underwood and Lee Greenwood, politicians like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and some world leaders.

Jair Bolsonaro and a Times reporter discussed the former Brazilian president’s two mysterious nights at the Hungarian embassy.