Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro says he is the victim of political persecution as he accompanied his wife to the airport to board a flight to represent him at U.S.

Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday denied Bolsonaro's request to temporarily restore his passport so that he could travel to the inauguration

Brazil's Supreme Court on Friday rejected former President Jair Bolsonaro's appeal for it to reconsider a previous decision barring him from traveling to the U.S. to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

Brazil’s Supreme Court has denied former President Jair Bolsonaro's request to have his passport temporarily restored in order to attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

Since then, however, their political paths have dramatically diverged.

Former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is facing criminal charges, has been invited to Trump's inauguration even though Brazil's government has confiscated his passport

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday he has been invited to the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Jan. 20 and is seeking to obtain the return of his passport, confiscated last year amid a probe into an attempted coup in 2023.

Brazil’s Supreme Court barred former President Jair Bolsonaro from leaving the country to attend Donald Trump’s inauguration in Washington on Monday.