A protester at a July 10, 2025, rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, holds a sign reading "Enemies of the people" and featuring images of President Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil.

Jair Bolsonaro, president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023, was called "the Trump of the Tropics." Likewise backed by right-wingers and evangelical Christians, he flaunted his nostalgia for Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, which tortured and “disappeared” opponents. As president, he promoted profligate destruction of the Amazon rainforest. His insouciant anti-science conduct during the COVID-19 pandemic, like Trump's, added thousands to the death toll.

More resemblances: After losing reelection, Bolsonaro instigated followers to violently storm Brazil's capital, replicating America's Jan. 6 insurrection. Charged with conspiring to mount a coup, he has been barred from the next presidential election and, if convicted at trial, could face up to 40........

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