Latin America’s early caudillos were men on horseback who appealed to notions of their own and their nation’s grandeza (greatness) as they attempted to forge nation-states out of the chaos left behind by the wars of independence against Spain.

The former Brazilian president, squeezed by criminal investigations, looks to the United States to shift his nation’s politics — and maybe keep him a free man.

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday that he is the victim of political persecution as he accompanied his wife to the airport in Brasilia

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters at a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 9, 2025, a day ahead of Maduro’s inauguration ceremony where he will be sworn in for a third term. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

Jair Bolsonaro, permission to attend Trump’s inauguration. Bolsonaro, one of Trump’s closest allies in Latin America, has been banned from leaving Brazil after police seized his passport last ...

Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, officially requested his passport from Minister Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday so he may attend President-elect Trump’s inauguration later this month.

Brazil's president on Wednesday marked the second anniversary of the alleged coup attempt by supporters of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro.

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who has been indicted for plotting a coup to overturn the country’s 2022 election, has been invited to the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump ...

President-elect Donald Trump's victory in November's election has given hope to Brazil's former leader Jair Bolsonaro, who is currently barred from running for public office until 2030 due to a ...

Among those expected to join celebrations on Monday are the UK’s Nigel Farage, France’s Éric Zemmour, Belgium’s Tom Van Grieken, former Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, Spain’s Santiago Abascal and Portugal's André Ventura.

With expected good access to the new White House, it will be up to Milei and his team to distinguish personal ideology from national interest and act accordingly.

With Trump coming back to power, interventions aimed at regime change and a far-right resurgence in the region are heavily on the agenda, writes MATT WILLGRESS, calling on the international left to pr