Already banned from office, Bolsonaro now faces charges of plotting a coup. Underestimating him is still a mistake. The post Like Trump, Brazil's Bolsonaro Still Has a Path Back to Power appeared first on World Politics Review.

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro believes President-elect Trump's electoral victory has set the stage for his own political comeback — and he wants Trump to use his influence to help restore his eligibility to run in 2026.

Brazil’s former president wants to return to power and said in an interview he believes the U.S. president-elect will help make that happen, possibly via economic sanctions on his leftist rivals.

Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro believes incoming US leader Donald Trump's return will boost his own comeback ambitions, despite being banned from seeking office until 2030 and investigated for allegedly plotting a coup.

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro is planning a political comeback, anticipating support from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, which may include using economic sanctions against current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,

Brazil's federal police presented evidence to the Supreme Court that former President Jair Bolsonaro was directly involved in plotting a coup to overturn the outcome of the 2022 election he lost, according to an 884-page report unsealed on Tuesday.

The former Brazilian president is banned from running for office until 2030 and faces criminal charges for his role in the alleged coup after the 2022 election