Jair Bolsonaro

Force in Play

Serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup

Brazil refused to let two senior US diplomats into the country. The pair planned to spend four days in Brasília asking questions about whether Brazil's October election would be fair.

Updated Jul 26

Rule Changes

Serving a 27-year sentence for attempting a coup

Brazil sells the United States about $40 billion in goods a year. A new US trade action could add 25% to the price of most of it.

Updated Jun 2

Rule Changes

Left office January 2023; barred from running for office until 2030

Brazil cut Amazon deforestation by a third in the first six months of 2023, putting the world's largest tropical rainforest on track for its lowest annual clearing rate in years. The turnaround arrived fast: just months earlier, deforestation had been running at its highest levels in over a decade. The shift traces directly to a change in government and a rapid restoration of environmental enforcement that had been dismantled under the previous administration.

Updated May 29