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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

President Donald Trump with visiting Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a news conference on the Rose Garden of the White House, Tuesday, March 19, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian president: Trump will win in 2020

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

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 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

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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

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a ceremony marking the 211th anniversary of Brazilian Marine Corps in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro under fire for misleading tweet on media

By ANNA JEAN KAISER and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Trump to welcome Brazil’s president to White House

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Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro smiles as he attends a ceremony marking the 211th anniversary of Brazilian Marine Corps in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Left using replay of anti-Trump playbook against Brazil’s new conservative President Bolsonaro

By L. Todd Wood - The Washington Times

Temehe Tomas Waimiri, sitting center left and wearing blue shirt and glasses, gives testimony about alleged crimes committed by the Brazilian dictatorship in the 1970s, during a hearing inside a traditional &quot;maloca&quot; indigenous hut, at the Waimiri-Atroari reserve in Amazon state, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Temehe Tomas said he saw a group of soldiers attacking by land and helicopters dropping bombs. &quot;The attackers had uniforms of the color of the jungle,&quot; he said. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

At hearing, Amazon tribe accuses Brazil army of atrocities

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends a ceremony marking the 211th anniversary of Brazilian Marine Corps in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Brazil president says military should have benefits reduced

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Giant doll depicting Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro, front, and first lady Michelle Bolsonaro, are paraded during carnival celebrations in Olinda, Pernambuco state, Brazil, Monday, March 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Diego Herculano)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro tweets obscene video, draws sharp rebuke

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, center, arrives at the National Congress to deliver a proposal to overhaul Brazil's pension system, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. Lawmakers received this week an anti-crime bill and a proposal to overhaul Brazil's pension system, the government's flagship reform. (AP Photo/Lucio Tavora)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro praises late Paraguay dictator Stroessner

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FILE - In this Feb. 4, 2019 file photo, students arrive for their first day of school, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The South American country's Ministry of Education sent instructions Monday, Feb. 25, 2019, saying that students returning from summer vacation should sing the national, recite a statement including President Jair Bolsonaro’s campaign slogan, “Brazil above everything, God above everyone.” and it says they should be filmed doing so. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

Brazil ministry to schools: recite Bolsonaro slogan

By ANNA JEAN KAISER - Associated Press

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, center, arrives at the National Congress to deliver a proposal to overhaul Brazil's pension system, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. Lawmakers received this week an anti-crime bill and a proposal to overhaul Brazil's pension system, the government's flagship reform. (AP Photo/Lucio Tavora)

Brazil’s president: Workers must put in more years to retire

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct.18, 2018 file photo, Gustavo Bebianno Rocha, then-president of the Social Liberal Party, speaks to journalists in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After days of uncertainty, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro officially fired Bebianno as his secretary general on Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, after a major Brazilian newspaper reported in Feb. 2019 that Bebianno was entangled in a corruption scandal involving phony candidates and the misuse of campaign funds. Bebianno denies any wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Brazil president fires key aide linked to corruption scandal

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FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2019 file photo, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro enters the stage at the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland. Bolsonaro remains in the semi-intensive unit of a hospital in Sao Paulo with signs of a possible pneumonia infection, the Albert Einstein Hospital said in a statement Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Brazil president shows symptoms ‘compatible’ with pneumonia

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In this Feb. 4, 2019 photo, students arrive for their first day of school, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is taking his anti-leftist ideological war to the country's classrooms and universities, causing angst among teachers and education officials who say the government wants to fight an enemy that doesn't exist. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil education overhaul aims at ousting ‘Marxist ideology’

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2018 file photo, former Judge Sergio Moro participates in an anti-corruption conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Moro, who is now Brazil's justice minister, announced Monday, feb. 4, 2019, legislation that seeks to overhaul how the nation combats organized crime, corruption and violence. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

Brazil’s Sergio Moro looks to overhaul crime fighting

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