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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2019 file photo, President Jair Bolsonaro attends a ceremony to launch an agro program at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil. Bolsonaro lashed out at journalists on Friday, Dec. 20 singling out one as looking like a homosexual, as news reports of a corruption investigation linked to his son continued making headlines. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro comes out of hospital after short stay

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro grants police officers Christmas pardon

By DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro holds Santa Claus doll on a parachute, during the Christmas celebration with staff and students at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. (AP Photo /Eraldo Peres)

Brazilian President Bolsonaro taken to hospital after fall

By DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

With a band aid on his ear, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a military ceremony in honor of Sailor Day, in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. Bolsonaro said to the press on Wednesday, Dec. 11, that he has a possible skin cancer after he had a mole removed from his ear. (AP Photo /Eraldo Peres)

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil president, hospitalized after fall

By David Biller - Associated Press

Bolsonaro says U.S. won’t impose tariffs on Brazilian steel

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FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2019 file photo, President Jair Bolsonaro attends a ceremony to launch an agro program at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil. Bolsonaro lashed out at journalists on Friday, Dec. 20 singling out one as looking like a homosexual, as news reports of a corruption investigation linked to his son continued making headlines. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

‘Homosexual face’: Brazil’s Bolsonaro lashes out at press

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro waves tot he crowd during a Christmas celebration with staff and students at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. (AP Photo /Eraldo Peres)

AP Explains: The investigations around Bolsonaro’s son

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

In this Oct. 1, 2019, file photo, President Jair Bolsonaro attends a ceremony to launch an agro program at the Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro calls activist Greta Thunberg a ‘brat’

By Marcelo de Sousa - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro greets attendees during a lunch with Armed Forces General Officers in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Dic. 9, 2019. (AP Photo /Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro backtracks on Argentine inauguration

By MARCELO DE SOUSA - Associated Press

In this Dec. 1, 2019 photo, Caetano Scannavino, coordinator of NGO &quot;Saude e Alegria,&quot; or Health and Happiness, gives an interview outside his home in Alter do Chao, Para state, Brazil. The sleepy Amazon town has become the flashpoint for the growing hostility between Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and environmental groups following the arrest of firefighters he says set rainforest fires. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Bolsonaro vs NGOs: Amazon town becomes ground zero for spat

By DAVID BILLER and DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

This June 5, 2019, file photo shows Leonardo DiCaprio at the premiere of &quot;Ice on Fire&quot; in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil president, blames Leonardo DiCaprio for Amazon fires

By Diane Jeantet - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro waves during a Changing of the Guard at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s president criticizes DiCaprio over Amazon fires

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Correction: Brazil-International Court story

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

People walk past the BRICS Business Council sign prior the 11th edition of the BRICS Summit, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. The BRICS Summit gathers the group of countries formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which will take place in the 13th and 14th of this month. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Economy in mind, Bolsonaro changes tack and cozies up to Xi

By DAVID BILLER and DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, center, and his ministers attend the launch of the Green and Yellow program to create formal jobs for young people, at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil launches job program amid mass unemployment

By DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

Members of the Brazilian theater group Clowns of Shakespeare get ready for a performance in Bogota, Colombia, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019. The troupe's play titled “Abrazo,” or Hug, is among the growing list of shows, plays, conferences and other artistic projects that have been abruptly canceled in Brazil since the nation's President Jair Bolsonaro took office Jan. 1, after the troupe talked politics with the audience during the show’s debut. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

Censorship or caution? Culture war burns in Brazil

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2019 file photo, Eduardo Bolsonaro, a Brazilian lawmaker and the son of President Jair Bolosonaro, smiles during a Foreign Relations Committee ceremony, in Brasilia, Brazil. Eduardo Bolsonaro has assumed leadership of their political party, the Social Liberal Party, in Congress’ lower house, an update of the chamber’s website showed Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Son of Brazil’s Bolsonaro gives up on being ambassador to US

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The Senate holds a final vote on pension reform in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. The most meaningful impact of the reform is the establishment of a minimum age for retirement at 65 for men and 62 for women. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil Congress passes landmark overhaul of pension system

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DAVID BILLER - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a ceremony to launch the Agro Nordeste program at the Palanalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Oct. 1, 2019. According to officials, the program aims to boost sustainable economic and social development for small scale farmers in the rural northeast of Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil police accused cabinet minister of electoral crime

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Amazon fires fall sharply in September, spread elsewhere

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press