Brazil’s Far-Right Parties at Mar-a-Lago

Eduardo Bolsonaro was pictured with Donald Trump Jr.

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By Catherine Osborn, the writer of Foreign Policy’s weekly Latin America Brief.

Eduardo Bolsonaro, member of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies and son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, poses for photo at Planalto Palace in Brasília on Dec. 9, 2021.

Eduardo Bolsonaro, member of Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies and son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, poses for photo at Planalto Palace in Brasília on Dec. 9, 2021. Andressa Anholete/Getty Images

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Among the foreign observers at former U.S. President Donald Trump’s election watch party at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida is Brazilian lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. The younger Bolsonaro posted a photo with Donald Trump Jr. to X in which he praised the “good company.”

Jair Bolsonaro was banned from running for office until 2030 after a court ruled that he abused his presidential power. But his brand of far-right politics is still influential in Brazil—and it leans heavily on Trump for strategic cues. In objection to their loss in a presidential election months earlier, Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed the Brazilian seat of government in January 2023.

Eduardo Bolsonaro traveled to the United States with a handful of other conservative Brazilian lawmakers who similarly used their social media profiles to boost Trump’s messaging.

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Catherine Osborn is the writer of Foreign Policy’s weekly Latin America Brief. She is a print and radio journalist based in Rio de Janeiro. X: @cculbertosborn

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