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n this Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 file photo, lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, left, takes a &quot;selfie&quot; during a swearing-in ceremony, at the National Assembly in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he’s considering nominating his son Eduardo to be ambassador to the United States. Bolsonaro said at a news conference on Thursday, July 11, 2019, that nominating his son is, in his words, “something on my radar. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazilian VP backs Bolsonaro’s son as US ambassador

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

In this July 10, 2019 photo, U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald checks his news website at his home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Greenwald, an attorney-turned-journalist who has long been a free-speech advocate, has found himself at the center of the first major test of press freedom under Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, who took office on Jan. 1 and has openly expressed nostalgia for Brazil’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship, a period when newspapers were censored and some journalists tortured. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Glenn Greenwald becomes focus of Brazil press freedom debate

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

n this Friday, Feb. 1, 2019 file photo, lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, left, takes a &quot;selfie&quot; during a swearing-in ceremony, at the National Assembly in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he’s considering nominating his son Eduardo to be ambassador to the United States. Bolsonaro said at a news conference on Thursday, July 11, 2019, that nominating his son is, in his words, “something on my radar. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro says he may nominate son as U.S. ambassador

By Anna Jean Kaiser - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 18, 2004 file photo, Brazilian composer Joao Gilberto performs at Carnegie Hall, in New York. The Brazilian singer and composer, who is considered one of the fathers of the Bossa Nova genre, has died.His death was confirmed by his children on Saturday, July 6, 2019. Gilberto was 88 years old. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Brazil leader hit for cool reaction to João Gilberto’s death

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro salutes during the swearing-in ceremony for the newly-named Secretary of Government, Army General Luiz Eduardo Ramos, at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, July 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil president rebuts European criticism over environment

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President Donald Trump, third from left, walks past Russian President Vladimir Putin, fourth from left, as they take their place for a group photo at the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, Friday, June 28, 2019. Also participating are, from left, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Argentine President Mauricio Macri, European Council President Donald Tusk, Managing Director of International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump, Brazilian president trade praise, talk trade and Venezuela

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This Feb. 2, 2011 photo released by the Brazilian Ministry of Defense shows a support aircraft parked at an air base in Brasilia, Brazil. Brazilian officials are confirming that an Air Force sergeant is accused of trying to smuggle cocaine into Spain on this plane as he was working on a support mission for President Jair Bolsonaro's trip to the G-20 summit in Japan. (Johnson Barros/FAB/Defense Ministry of Brazil via AP)

Brazil airman can face drug charges in Spain and at home

By C.H. GARDINER - Associated Press

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attends a presidential decree signing ceremony that proposes to make it easier for authorities to sell goods seized from drug traffickers, at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Monday, June 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro tries new tactic to loosen gun laws

By C.H. GARDINER - Associated Press

Revelers attends the annual gay pride parade along Paulista avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, June 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

Huge crowds for LGBT pride parade in Brazil’s biggest city

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

Bolsonaro suggests life imprisonment sentences in Brazil

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A demonstrator shows her Portuguese message &quot;Get out Bolsonaro&quot; during a general strike in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, June 14, 2019. The strike is the first of its kind since President Jair Bolsonaro took office in January. (AP Photo/Suamy Beydoun)

Brazilians hold general strike to protest pension overhaul

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 8, 2019 file photo, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, left, talks with Economy Minister Paulo Guedes, at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. The South American country kicked off a general strike Friday, June 14, that is likely to paralyze major cities across Brazil. The nationwide strike is the first since the arrival of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Judge absolves Bolsonaro attacker because of mental illness

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In this July 14, 2010 file photo, demonstrators wave a gay pride flag outside Congress in support of a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Buenos Aires. Argentina was the first country in Latin America to approve gay unions and in 2019 has some of the most progressive LGBT policies in the world. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File) **FILE**

AP Explains: The rocky rise of LGBT rights in Latin America

By CHRISTINE ARMARIO - Associated Press

Supporters of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro feature a large, inflatable doll in his image as they demonstrate along Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, May 26, 2019. The pro-Bolsonaro rally follows anti-government protests against education budget cuts as the president also battles an uncooperative Congress, a family corruption scandal and falling approval ratings after five months in office. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil reduces top environment council, trims independents

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

A man wears the Portuguese message: &quot;Be strong Moro,&quot; referring to Brazil's Justice Minister Sergio Moro,&quot; during a pro-government rally on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, May 26, 2019. Moro recently saw Congress reject President Jair Bolsonaro's move to put him in charge of the country's financial regulator and is having trouble passing a sweeping &quot;anti-crime&quot; bill in Congress. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil’s anti-graft crusader struggles in Bolsonaro gov’t

By PETER PRENGAMAN and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

A man wearing a Jesus T-shirt shouts slogans during a rally in favor of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, May 26, 2019. The pro-Bolsonaro rally follows anti-government protests against cuts in the education budget as the president also battles an uncooperative Congress, a family corruption scandal and falling approval ratings after five months in office. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

AP Analysis: Pro-Bolsonaro demos in Brazil show gov’t risks

By PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro poses for photos with a statue of Our Lady of Fatima,during a Catholic ceremony at which he dedicated his nation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Judge rules attacker of Brazil’s Bolsonaro is mentally ill

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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro poses for photos with a statue of Our Lady of Fatima,during a Catholic ceremony at which he dedicated his nation to the Immaculate Heart of Mary at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Backers of embattled Bolsonaro take to streets in Brazil

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a ceremony where he signed a second decree that eases gun restrictions, during the signing ceremony at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. The decree opens Brazil’s market to guns and ammunition made outside of Brazil according to a summary of the decree. Gun owners can now buy between 1,000 -5,000 rounds of ammunition per year depending on their license, up from 50 rounds. Lower-ranking military members can now carry guns after 10 years of service. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s president blasts media, prosecutors over probe

By PETER PRENGAMAN and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

FILE- In this May 3, 2019 file photo, Brasil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a ceremony to commemorate Diplomat Day, at the Itamarty Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. Bolsonaro canceled a trip to New York Friday, May 3, 2019, after several companies pulled out of an event where he was to be honored. In April, the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce named Bolsonaro 2019 Person of the Year, inviting him to take part in a gala dinner in New York the following month. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Senators in Brazil pass forced rehab for drug users

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - Associated Press