Jair Bolsonaro
During the pandemic, the anti-vax politician spent months sowing doubt about the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine and defiantly refused to get a shot.
Brazil's former president made several speeches including one to the Conservative Political Action Conference during his U.S. stay.
Bolsonaro is being investigated for whether he had any role in inciting his supporters to storm the country's capital.
Environmentalists, Indigenous people and voters supporting their causes were important to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's election as Brazil's new president.
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Bolsonaro repeatedly stoked doubt about the reliability of the nation’s electronic voting system in the run-up to the vote.
Supporters gave a security guard things like Brazilian-themed T-shirts, hats, banners and even a shoe to be autographed by the right-wing populist.
The rioters who stormed Brazil's capital buildings on Sunday used coded language on social media to coordinate and carry out their plans in plain view.
The former Brazilian president originally planned to stay in the U.S. until late January.
The Fox News host parroted the rhetoric of the rioting supporters of the so-called "Trump of the Tropics," defeated former President Jair Bolsonaro.
Thousands of protesters demanded retribution against supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed Brazil’s capital.