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FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2010 file photo, an employee looks through the scope of long gun at a gun store in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. When Canada first sought to restrict gun access in the 1990s, the National Rifle Association threatened a boycott by U.S. hunters spending tourism dollars in the country. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)

NRA has history of promoting gun rights outside US

By LISA MARIE PANE - Associated Press

Brazilian soccer tries to clean its image with new president

By MARCELO SILVA de SOUSA and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2019 file photo, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro points with his fingers to mimic guns as he rides in an open car with his wife, first lady Michelle Bolsonaro, after his swearing-in ceremony in Brasilia, Brazil. In his first 100 days in office, the anti-corruption and pro-gun outsider has scored only a few major victories to keep his far-right base excited. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro has a few wins, some missteps in 100 days

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 25, 2019 file photo, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil. Bolsonaro's administration is considering a dramatic change in the council that oversees Brazil’s environmental policy, replacing a broad-based group stocked with independent voices with a small group of presidential appointees, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro eyes new body for environmental policy

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

This 2019 handout photo released by Col Copa America Brasil 2019, shows the Copa Americas mascot in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Soccer fans will choose the name of the mascot of Copa America in Brazil this year. The organization of the tournament published on Friday two name suggestions for its capybara mascot; Capibi and Zizito. The vote will be open in Copa America's social media feeds until April 12. (Alexandre Loureiro-Copa America Brasil 2019 via AP)

Copa America organizers hope short trips bring success

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Fans to choose name of Copa America’s capybara mascot

Associated Press

1,000 replacements for Cuban doctors in Brazil quit program

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

In this Jan. 1, 2019 photo, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, left, shakes hands with Education Minister Ricardo Velez Rodriguez, during a swearing-in ceremony for his cabinet at the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. Velez Rodriguez said on Wednesday, April 3, 2019, that he will have school books revised to refer to the 1964 military coup as a “democratic regime by force.” (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Bolsonaro seeks to revise how Brazil’s schools teach on coup

By MARCELO DA SOUZA - Associated Press

A man tries a multi shot riot gun displayed at the LAAD Defense and Security International Exhibition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Gun makers at defense fair seek opening of Brazil market

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Demonstrators hold photos of persons who were killed during Brazil's dictatorship during a protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, March 31, 2019. Over the objections of human rights groups but with the support of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, some military bases are commemorating the March 31, 1964 coup that lasted two decades in Brazil and made thousands of victims. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Thousands protest against anniversary of Brazil’s coup

Associated Press

Argentina's Lionel Messi runs with the ball during an international friendly soccer match between Argentina and Venezuela at Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain, Friday, March 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Brazil and Argentina struggling ahead of Copa America

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DEBORA REY - Associated Press

38-year-old Gerson Alcantara, who has been unemployed for six months, stands in line to attend a job fair organized by the local government and a trade union, in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. The Getulio Vargas Foundation think tank published a study on Monday saying the average growth of the Brazilian economy between 2011 and 2020 could to be the worst since it started measuring in 1901, at 0.9 percent a year. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Pharmaceutical Roche latest to add to Brazil’s economic woes

By ANDRE PENNER and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Crimeia Alice Schmidt de Almeida attends a women's seminar at Sao Paulo's municipal chamber on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Almeida was detained by the Brazilian army in 1972 when she was 8-months pregnant and a tortured. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has asked the defense ministry to organize commemorations of the country's two decade-long military dictatorship that began on March 31, 1964. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Commemoration of Brazil’s military coup causes anger, unease

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Former Brazilian President Michel Temer, center, arrives to the Federal Police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 21, 2019. In a statement, the Prosecutors Office in Rio de Janeiro said that Judge Marcelo Breitas had issued an arrest warrant for Temer, as well as Moreira Franco, a former minister and close ally of Temer, and eight others. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Brazilian ex-president remains silent under questioning

By DIANE JEANTET and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

President Donald Trump and visiting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro shake hands as they conclude a news conference on the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro attacks ‘fake news’ at joint press conference with Trump

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump meets with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says ‘all options on table’ in Venezuela

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks at the Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Monday, March 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump buddies up with Bolsonaro, the ‘Trump of the Tropics’

By JILL COLVIN and PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro waits to speak at the Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Monday, March 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

The Latest: Trump says social media firms biased against GOP

Associated Press

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks at the Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Monday, March 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Brazil’s far-right president visits CIA on friendly US tour

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

Known as the "Trump of the tropics" Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is set to meet with President Trump for the first time at the White House on Tuesday. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro seek to upgrade ties, pressure Venezuela

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times