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Undated:  Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Brazil  The number of Trump’s international business partners being investigated for corruption is breathtaking and makes clear that the president may be more concerned with his business liabilities in Brazil and other nations than with pressing foreign policy concerns.
https://www.americanprogress.org/series/trumps-conflicts-of-interest/view/

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February 15: Why the Trump Organization Was Cited in a Brazil Corruption Probe

It may have found itself managing a hotel backed by “shady” characters and “possible corruption.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-02-15/why-the-trump-organization-was-cited-in-a-brazil-corruption-probe

June 1: What began as an investigation into money laundering quickly turned into something much greater, uncovering a vast and intricate web of political and corporate racketeering.

The investigation that led to [former executive of Brazil’s national oil company, Petrobras, Nestor] Cerveró’s arrest – codenamed Lava Jato (Car Wash) – was about to uncover an unprecedented web of corruption. At first, the press described it as the biggest corruption scandal in the history of Brazil; then, as other countries and foreign firms were dragged in, the world. The case would go on to discover illegal payments of more than $5bn to company executives and political parties, put billionaires in jail, drag a president into court and cause irreparable damage to the finances and reputations of some of the world’s biggest companies. It would also expose a culture of systemic graft in Brazilian politics, and provoke a backlash from the establishment fierce enough to bring down one government and leave another on the brink of collapse.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jun/01/brazil-operation-car-wash-is-this-the-biggest-corruption-scandal-in-history


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June 14: Trump’s Conflicts of Interest in Brazil ... A growing corruption scandal ...

In 2012, Donald Trump Jr. traveled to Rio de Janeiro to announce the development of Trump Towers Rio, a five-tower office complex, in partnership with European developer MRP International and Brazilian developer Even Construtora e Incorporadora SA. However, construction has not started and the project is reportedly on hold.

In 2013, Trump also signed a deal with Brazilian developer Paulo Figueiredo Filho, the former chief executive of Brazilian company LSH Barra, to brand a hotel—again in Rio de Janeiro—that the Trump Organization would manage. Filho—who is the grandson of João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo, Brazil’s last ruling president during its 21-year military dictatorship that lasted until 1985—left LSH Barra in March 2016, although he is still a shareholder in the hotel. The beachfront hotel was meant to be completed in time for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games but was only partially operational by the time the games began.

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In October 2016, Anselmo Henrique Cordeiro Lopes, a federal prosecutor in Brazil, opened a criminal inquiry that included both the Trump Towers Rio and Trump Hotel Rio as part of a larger ongoing federal investigation into graft involving Brazilian pension funds. Thus far, no charges have been filed and the Trump Organization has said that it is not the target of the investigation.

According to prosecutors, ... “It is necessary to verify if the favoritism shown by the pension funds towards LSH Barra Empreendimentos Imobiliáros SA and The Trump Organization was due to illicit payments and bribes.”
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/news/2017/06/14/433908/trumps-conflicts-interest-brazil/
 

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April 8: Since 2014 Brazil has been gripped by a scandal that started with a state-owned oil company and grew to encapsulate people at the very top of business - and even presidents.

On the face of it, it is a straightforward corruption scandal - albeit one involving millions of dollars in kickbacks and more than 80 politicians and members of the business elite.

But as the tentacles of the investigation dubbed Operation Car Wash fanned out, other scandals emerged.

It has led to some of those who have found themselves accused claiming they are the victims of political plots, designed to bar them from office.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-35810578


May 19: Brazil Reacts To Trump's Steel Tariffs

Brazil is one of the prime suppliers of steel to the United States and would bear the brunt of any tariffs. Brazil's foreign minister said Brazil would consider retaliatory actions.
https://www.npr.org/2018/03/09/592196607/brazil-reacts-to-trumps-steel-tariffs


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August 9: Brazil suffers record murder tally in 2017, ahead of election

Brazil had a record number of murders last year, with homicides rising 3.7 percent from 2016 to 63,880 according to a study released on Thursday, just months before a presidential election in which violence has become a key issue.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-violence-murder/brazil-suffers-record-murder-tally-in-2017-ahead-of-election-idUSKBN1KU2R5


October 2:
Trump Says Brazil Is Unfair To American Companies

The US president said that Brazil treats American companies "unfairly", but the United States enjoys a trade surplus of at least US$ 90 billion with the country
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/business/2018/10/trump-says-brazil-is-unfair-to-american-companies.shtml


October 4:
Bolsonaro Uses Same Fascist Tactics As Trump, Says Yale Professor

To philosopher Jason Stanley, candidate vilifies minorities and sells himself as the solution to the country's problems
https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/world/2018/10/bolsonaro-uses-same-fascist-tactics-as-trump-says-yale-professor.shtml

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October 22: Earlier this month, thousands of Brazilian expats converged on downtown Miami to vote in the first round of Brazil’s presidential election.

It wasn’t hard to figure out who their favorite candidate was. Most erupted in cheers when a truck passed the polling station with an electronic billboard flashing the picture of right-wing Congressman Jair Bolsonaro.
http://www.wlrn.org/post/bolsonaro-donald-trump-brazil-divides-women-presidential-vote


October 24: The Paris Climate Agreement Survived Trump. Can It Survive Brazil's Bolsonaro?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davekeating/2018/10/24/the-paris-climate-agreement-survived-trump-can-it-survive-brazils-bolsonaro/#71175fc06435


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October 28: How Brazil’s Bolsonaro used Trump tactics

Perhaps the biggest similarity and likely the one that initially gave rise to the comparisons between Bolsonaro and Trump is that neither man appears to measure his words. In the 2016 U.S. elections, Trump often billed himself as the man who wasn’t afraid to say what everyone else was thinking. Bolsonaro shares the same lack of filter. Some of the comments that have gotten him in trouble reflect longstanding ideological positions, like his repeated praise for Brazil’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship. Other comments may be more off the cuff and a wink at his reputation for shunning the “politically correct,” like when he told an audience that he had a daughter “in a moment of weakness” after four sons. Both men “enjoy being outrageous and making statements for shock value,” said Paulo Sotero, the director of the Brazil Institute at the Wilson Center think tank in Washington.
https://www.apnews.com/e6d1ef0d496545dd86d21584253b2312


October 29: Trump joy over Bolsonaro suggests new rightwing axis in Americas and beyond

US president says he will ‘work closely together’ with Brazil’s new hard-right leader while world’s far-right politicians share delight
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/29/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-trump-rightwing-axis

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October 29: Brazil’s version of Trump makes Trump look like Mr. Rogers
https://www.pri.org/stories/2018-10-29/brazil-s-version-trump-makes-trump-look-mr-rogers

October 29: Jair Bolsonaro: how ‘South America’s Trump’ will change Brazil
https://www.theweek.co.uk/97396/jair-bolsonaro-how-south-america-s-trump-will-change-brazil

November 9: Trump on Brazilian trade deal: Yeah, I can see that happening
https://www.wlj.net/top_headlines/trump-on-brazilian-trade-deal-yeah-i-can-see-that/article_e2aa53a0-e473-11e8-849b-f36c56429eb6.html

November 29: Trump invites Brazil President-elect Bolsonaro to visit US
https://www.apnews.com/fa598c831ca14cf58fae8aa898423dd8

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December 3: President Donald Trump walked off, leaving the Argentine president reaching out and alone on stage.

Mauricio Macri, who in the past was seen as Trump’s best friend in the region, appeared to call out to Trump, who kept walking off the stage as the meeting of the world’s top 20 economies came to a close.

It was a clear miscommunication during a photo opportunity between leaders, but the uncomfortable moment seemed to symbolize an evolving mood in Argentina that Trump is pulling away from the once-favored Argentine leader for a newer, perhaps more attractive one from Brazil.
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/world/latin-america/article222257715.html

December 4: Brazil’s Trump: What the New President Means for the Environment

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... Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro ... share their distrust of climate change science. In late November, President Bolsonaro made the sudden decision just two months after winning the bid to host the COP25 conference in 2019 to withdraw as the host. This decision reinforces his campaign promise to remove Brazil from the Paris Climate Agreement and supports the fears of environmentalists around the globe. Although Brazil’s exit from the Paris Agreement relies on a reversal of the decision by its congress, these minor decisions and statements cement the likely possibility of irreversible environmental damage.
https://intpolicydigest.org/2018/12/04/brazil-s-trump-what-the-new-president-means-for-the-environment/

December 14: Trump Hotels pulls out of Rio hotel named in criminal probe
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-trump-hotel/trump-hotels-pulls-out-of-rio-hotel-named-in-criminal-probe-idUSKBN1432HP


December 17: President Trump Announces Presidential Delegation to the Federative Republic of Brazil to Attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Jair Bolsonaro
https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-trump-announces-presidential-delegation-federative-republic-brazil-attend-inauguration-excellency-jair-bolsonaro/


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December 31: Jair Bolsonaro: Brazil's firebrand leader dubbed the Trump of the Tropics
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45746013


December 31: Bolsonaro takes office in Brazil, says nation 'liberated from socialism'

Backed massively by conservative sectors of Brazil, including Christian evangelical churches, Bolsonaro would block moves to legalize abortion beyond even the current limited exceptions and remove sex education from public schools, opposing what he calls “cultural Marxism” introduced by recent leftist governments.

One-third of his Cabinet are former army officers, mostly fellow cadets at the Black Needles academy, Brazil’s West Point, all outspoken backers of the former military regime.

Bolsonaro has faced charges of inciting rape and for hate crimes because of comments about women, gays and racial minorities.
https://it.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSKCN1OV1AU


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January 1: Trump praises Brazil's new President Bolsonaro after he vowed to 'strengthen democracy'

Right-wing nationalist Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as Brazil's president on Tuesday, and immediately called on Congress to combat endemic corruption and promised to "work tirelessly so that Brazil reaches its destiny."

Addressing a joint session of Congress minutes after taking the oath of office, Bolsonaro, a former Army captain and admirer of the country's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, vowed to adhere to democratic norms.

He said his government would be guided by the promises he made to Brazilian voters fed up with graft, high levels of violent crime and a still-sputtering economy.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/01/trump-praises-brazils-new-president-bolsonaro-after-he-vowed-to-strengthen-democracy-.html


January 1:  Donald Trump has congratulated Brazil's new far-right president after he was sworn in, telling him: "The USA is with you."
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/donald-trump-tells-farright-brazil-president-after-inauguration-usa-is-with-you-a4028116.html

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January 1: 'Trump of the Tropics' - Controversial quotes by Brazil's new president Jair Bolsonaro

Jair Bolsonaro has spoken in support of torture and said he would rather his son die than be homosexual.
https://news.sky.com/story/trump-of-the-tropics-controversial-quotes-by-brazils-new-president-jair-bolsonaro-11539063


January 3: As Trump Applauds Brazil's New Fascist President, Bolsonaro Wastes No Time Attacking Environment and Marginalized Brazilians

T
wo days into his term, Bolsonaro has already unveiled orders infringing on the rights of indigenous and LGBTQ Brazilians
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/03/trump-applauds-brazils-new-fascist-president-bolsonaro-wastes-no-time-attacking

January 4: AS/COA Online tracks the first 100 days of the Bolsonaro presidency, with regular updates of the big stories defining the new government’s path in Latin America’s largest country.
https://www.as-coa.org/articles/tracking-first-100-days-brazilian-president-jair-bolsonaro?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI55XbuYDE4AIV27XACh0G1A47EAAYASAAEgKUnvD_BwE


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January 4: Bolsonaro says Brazil may host US base, calls Trump 'most powerful man in the world'
https://www.rt.com/news/448043-us-military-base-brazil/


January 5: Jair Bolsonaro ... Brazil’s unlikely president

His enemies think he’s a far-right homophobe and misogynist who endorses torture.

His supporters think his no-nonsense style will tackle corruption and a weak economy.

The candidate floated above the crowds, carried on their shoulders.

Jair Bolsonaro had given a thumbs-up to the crowd - smiling at chants of “the captain is back”. Suddenly he clutched his stomach with both hands. Grimacing in pain, he slowly slipped to the ground.

Bolsonaro had just been stabbed with a 20cm kitchen knife. A man called Adelio Bispo de Oliveira was nearly lynched by the crowd. The suspect would reportedly later tell police he had acted on “God’s command”.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Jair_Bolsonaro_Brazil


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January 7: Bolsonaro Said to Sell New Brazil in Davos, Seek Trump Meeting
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-07/bolsonaro-said-to-sell-new-brazil-in-davos-seek-trump-meeting


January 8: Jair Bolsonaro Is Not the New Trump. He’s Worse.

Brazil's history of military rule makes Bolsonaro more dangerous than the average strongman.
https://newrepublic.com/article/152859/jair-bolsonaro-not-new-trump-hes-worse


January 14: Donald Trump Says He Only Likes Brazil Because Its Anti-LGBT, Pro-Torture New President Likes Being Compared to Him
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-likes-brazil-anti-lgbt-pro-torture-jair-bolsonaro-president-1291235


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January 26: Trump is decrying Maduro's authoritarianism in Venezuela as he simultaneously embraces the region's newest strongman in Brazil
https://www.businessinsider.in/trump-is-decrying-maduros-authoritarianism-in-venezuela-as-he-simultaneously-embraces-the-regions-newest-strongman-in-brazil/articleshow/67697134.cms


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