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Co director Juliano Dornelles, second from left, actors Udo Kier fifth from left, Babara Colen, sixth from left, Silveiro Peirera, seventh from left and co director Kleber Mendonca Filho, tenth from left pose for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Bacurau' at the 72nd international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

In Cannes, a gory Western stands against Bolsonaro’s Brazil

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

FILE - This Sept. 15, 2009 file photo shows a deforested area near Novo Progresso in Brazil's northern state of Para. The Bolsonaro administration in Brazil has cancelled a United Nations climate change workshop to be held in the city of Salvador in August 2019, reaffirming its lack of interest in participating in international efforts to fight global warming. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

AP Explains: Brazil’s environmental changes under Bolsonaro

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Demonstrators shout slogans against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, during nation-wide education strike, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Federal education officials this month announced budget cuts of $1.85 billion for public education, part of a wider government effort to slash spending. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Crowds protest cuts in federal funding for Brazil schools

By DIANE JEANTET and MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA - 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 cancels another UN climate change event

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 Bolsonaro to appoint Moro to Supreme Court

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Lawmakers make finger-gun hand gestures as Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro signs a second decree that eases gun restrictions, 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)

Brazilian judge gives Bolsonaro 5 days to clarify gun decree

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Brazil's Education Minister Abraham Weintraub attends a Senate hearing on budget cuts of public universities, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 7, 2019. Federal public universities, generally the country's most competitive and highest-ranked schools, were stunned last week when the Education Ministry announced a 30% cut in their funding. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Universities hit back as Brazil slashes scholarship funds

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press after signing a second decree that eases gun restrictions, at the 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 Bolsonaro signs decree easing gun laws

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Public school professors and students protest budget cuts in education, as one holds the Portuguese message: “The class is in the street today!” outside a military school where Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a ceremony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, May 6, 2019. Students and professors are protesting sudden budget cuts for federally funded public high schools and universities, implemented by Bolsonaro's far-right administration. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Students in Brazil protest school budget cuts

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro flashes a thumbs up after bestowing the insignia of the Order of Rio Branco to Vice President Hamilton Mourao, right, during a ceremony to commemorate Diplomat Day, at the Itamarty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, May 3, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro cancels New York trip amid backlash

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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro shows his pen before signing the law that creates credit for small enterprises, during a ceremony at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, April 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil bank ad featuring blacks, transgender taken off air

By Ms-pp - Associated Press

A young indigenous man applies body paint as he checks himself out in a mirror, during an annual three-day campout protest known as the Free Land Encampment, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, April 24, 2019. The event begins amid animosity between Brazil’s indigenous groups and the new government of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Indigenous Brazilians gather to protest outside Congress

By RENATO DOMINGUES and ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

Chief of Staff Onyx Lorenzoni speaks during a press conference regarding a potential truckers' strike, at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, April 16, 2019. The government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has announced a financial package aimed at staving off a potential truckers' strike. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil announces financial package to avoid truckers’ strike

By C.H. GARDINER - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 21, 2015 file photo, a man fishes near a floating oil platform in Guanabara Bay in Niteroi, Brazil. The administration of Jair Bolsonaro plans to auction seven oil fields despite contrary advice from analysts of Brazil's main environmental body. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Brazil to auction oil camps despite environmental warnings

By PETER PRENGAMAN 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

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

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, shake hands during a joint media conference at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem, Sunday March 31, 2019. Bolsonaro is in Israel on a four day official visit. (Debbie Hill/Pool via AP)

Netanyahu embraces Brazil’s far-right Bolsonaro in Israel

By ILAN BEN ZION - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro listens to a reporter's question at the end of a military ceremony where he was awarded the Order of Military Judicial Merit, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, March 28, 2019. Bolsonaro, a former army captain who waxes nostalgic for the 1964-1985 dictatorship, on Monday asked Brazil’s Defense Ministry to organize “due commemorations” to mark the upcoming March 31st anniversary of Brazil’s 1964 military coup. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro visits Israel amid speculation on embassy

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - 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