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.

After Justice Alexandre de Moraes’ refusal Thursday, the former president’s defense appealed against the ruling that prevented him from traveling to the US for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Jair Bolsonaro and a Times reporter discussed the former Brazilian president’s two mysterious nights at the Hungarian embassy.

Brazil's Supreme Court has rejected a request from former President Jair Bolsonaro to have his passport returned. Bolsonaro, facing criminal charges for coup plotting, sought to travel to the U.S. for Donald Trump's inauguration.

Brazil's Supreme Court has denied former President Jair Bolsonaro's request to restore his passport for attending Donald Trump's inauguration in the US. The court argues that Bolsonaro, who is under multiple investigations,

Jair Bolsonaro has had a rough couple of years: election losses, criminal cases, questionable embassy sleepovers. So when he finally received a piece of good news last week — an invitation to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration — it lifted his spirits.

Former Brazilian president’s plans to attend ceremony are scuppered after supreme court rejects request to release his confiscated passport

The passport of Jair Bolsonaro, a former far-right president, had been confiscated as part of ongoing investigations.

The former far-right president, nicknamed the “Trump of the Tropics”, has denied all allegations against him. But police have deemed him a flight risk. On the social media platform X, Bolsonaro’s office responded to the court’s decision with displeasure, calling it evidence of “lawfare” — a term for the use of a weaponised legal system.

Brazil's Supreme Court has denied former President Jair Bolsonaro's request to restore his passport, which he wished to use to attend Donald Trump's inauguration in Washington. Justice Alexandre de Moraes ruled that Bolsonaro did not sufficiently prove his invitation to the event and highlighted ongoing investigations against him.