Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has stated that his sentiment for US President Donald Trump is growing more intense, the website Brazil 247 reported.

"After that compliment from Trump yesterday, I'm more and more in love with him", he said after Trump's speech about US-Brazilian relations.

The US president earlier expressed hope of reaching a free trade agreement with Brazil and complimented Bolsonaro, noting that Brazil is already a "big trading partner" for the United States. Trump, however, complained that the country has imposed "a lot of tariffs" on US goods.

Bolsonaro previously stated that he was considering appointing his son, lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, as Brazilian ambassador to the United States.

In June, Bolsonaro said that he supported Trump's 2020 re-election bid during a meeting between the two at the G20 summit in the Japanese city of Osaka. </s> Brazil's President-elect, Jair Bolsonaro, confirmed Thursday that he intends to move his country's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

"As previously stated during our campaign, we intend to transfer the Brazilian Embassy from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem. Israel is a sovereign state and we shall duly respect that," he wrote in a Facebook post.

If Bolsonaro keeps this campaign promise, Brazil will be the third country to move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, after the United States and Guatemala.

Bolsonaro was elected as Brazil's next president on Oct.28 and plans to take office on Jan. 1.

President Donald Trump congratulated Bolsonaro on his win on Twitter this week.

"Had a very good conversation with the newly elected President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, who won his race by a substantial margin. We agreed that Brazil and the United States will work closely together on Trade, Military and everything else! Excellent call, wished him congrats!" Trump tweeted. </s> Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption President Bolsonaro calls for an end of corruption in his inauguration speech

Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has used his inaugural speech to promise to build a "society without discrimination or division".

The former army captain told Congress he wanted a "national pact" to free Brazil of corruption, crime and economic mismanagement.

In a swipe at the left, he vowed to free Brazil of "ideology".

He is seen as a deeply divisive figure whose racist, homophobic and misogynistic remarks have angered many.

Mr Bolsonaro, 63, won the presidential election by a wide margin against Fernando Haddad of the left-wing Workers' Party on 28 October.

He was propelled to victory by campaign promises to curb Brazil's rampant corruption and crime.

US President Donald Trump commended him for his speech on Tuesday, saying the US was "with" him.

Among the foreign guests at the inauguration were US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

'Bromance with Trump'

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Bolsonaro arrived at Congress with his wife Michelle

Analysis by Katy Watson, BBC News, Brasilia

Jair Bolsonaro may have struck a more presidential tone in today's speeches compared with the fiery rhetoric used during his campaign, but he made it clear his values remained the same - family, conservatism and God.

And despite having won the elections, he's not given up his criticism of Brazil's leftist politics that he feels have ruined the country. The rhetoric he used was familiar - that from today Brazilians are now freed from socialism - and it strikes a chord with millions fed up with corruption scandals that have embroiled Brazilian politics in recent years.

With Donald Trump and the so-called "Trump of the Tropics" exchanging tweets about their mutual support for each other and commitment to work together, the bromance with one of the world's most powerful presidents has begun. It's a relationship that everyone will be watching very closely.

What exactly did Bolsonaro promise?

"Brazil will return to being a country free of ideological constrictions," he told Congress in the capital, Brasilia.

"I will divide power in a progressive, conscientious and responsible way."

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Guards were on duty in ceremonial dress at the Congress for the inauguration

His administration, he said, was "committed to those Brazilians who want good schools to prepare their kids for the job market and not for political militancy".

Pledging support for the military and police, he said: "The national motto is order and progress. No society can develop without respecting these."

On the economy, he promised to "create a new virtuous cycle to open markets" and "carry out important structural reforms" to tackle the public deficit.

In an apparent reference to gun control, he said: "Good citizens deserve the means to defend themselves." On Saturday, he tweeted that he would issue a decree to allow citizens who did not have a criminal record to own guns.

Image copyright EPA Image caption A giant figure of Mr Bolsonaro was erected for the inauguration in Brasilia

After being sworn in in front of Congress, Mr Bolsonaro went on to the Planalto Palace where the outgoing President, Michel Temer, handed over the presidential sash.

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Jair Bolsonaro gestures after receiving the presidential sash

Speaking afterwards, he said Brazil would "start to free itself of socialism" and "political correctness".

On a day filled with pageant, he travelled around Brasilia in an open-top vintage Rolls Royce escorted by cavalry on white horses and jogging security guards, as crowds of supporters cheered.

"I came here just for the inauguration," supporter Antonio Vendramin told AFP.

"I made a lot of money and saved money to buy the ticket, to be able to buy the plane ticket because it's a long way to come by car but we managed to make it all the way to be here on this day for President Bolsonaro's inauguration. We're full of pride."

Who is Bolsonaro?

Despite portraying himself as a political outsider during his campaign, Mr Bolsonaro served seven terms in Brazil's lower house of Congress, the Chamber of Deputies, before being elected president.

He has been a member of several political parties but is currently in the Social Liberal Party (PSL), which has grown from having a tiny presence in Congress to becoming the party with the second largest number of deputies in the lower house.

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Firefighters kept Bolsonaro followers cool outside the presidential palace in Brasilia

Before becoming a politician, Mr Bolsonaro served in Brazil's military, where he was a paratrooper and rose to the rank of captain.

During the election race in September, he was stabbed at a rally and seriously injured, taking more than a month to recover.

Image copyright AFP Image caption Mr Bolsonaro has chosen ex-military officers for many key government posts

During his time as a lawmaker, Mr Bolsonaro represented the interests of the armed forces and since his election he has named seven former military men to head key ministries.

He has also expressed nostalgia for the time when Brazil was under military rule and the hard-line policies enforced during the period, which saw thousands jailed and tortured.

Why did his election cause such a stir?

Brazil only returned to democracy in 1985 after more than 20 years under military rule, and some critics see his election as a threat to the country's democracy.

Previous comments he has made endorsing the use of torture and disparaging women, gay people and Afro-Brazilians have left many Brazilians worried.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Why are same-sex couples in Brazil rushing to get married?

The election campaign which brought him to power has left the country deeply divided into those who see him as the man to put Brazil on to the right track after massive corruption scandals, and those who fear he could lead Brazil into an authoritarian future.

What are his key policies?

Mr Bolsonaro's promise to drive down crime and stamp out corruption comes after scores of top businessmen and high-ranking politicians, including former left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, were jailed.

Days after being elected, he picked Brazil's most famous anti-corruption judge, Sergio Moro, as his minister of justice.

Mr Moro was the key force behind the massive "Car Wash" corruption investigation.

There was concern among environmentalists when Mr Bolsonaro suggested during the election campaign that the ministry of agriculture might be merged with that of the environment.

But he has backtracked on that and also revoked a pledge to quit the Paris climate accord, which sets targets for cutting greenhouse gases.

How will Brazil's international relations be affected?

Mr Bolsonaro has been very clear about who he considers to be his international allies and those he views as foes.

Mr Trump is "an example" to him, and Mr Bolsonaro has promised to follow the US lead and relocate Brazil's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Image copyright EPA Image caption Mr Bolsonaro visited a synagogue with Benjamin Netanyahu in Rio

Mr Bolsonaro has accused Cuba of holding back some of the salaries paid to Cuban doctors working in Brazil, prompting Cuba to pull out its doctors in retaliation. </s> Los presidentes de Brasil y Estados Unidos dieron un mensaje que se interpretó como un apoyo electoral Crédito: Twitter Bolsonaro

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-¿Cómo puede ayudar Estados Unidos a Brasil?, preguntó Donald Trump, con una media sonrisa.

-Es mejor ayudar a la Argentina para que no vuelva el populismo y eso va a beneficiar a Brasil, fue la respuesta del presidente Jair Bolsonaro.

La conversación entre los presidentes Trump y Bolsonaro, que pudo reconstruir LA NACION en base a la información que circulaba entre la delegación argentina, no deja dudas: preocupados ante un eventual regreso del kirchnerismo, los principales líderes del mundo, socios de la Argentina, apuestan por la continuidad del presidente Mauricio Macri.

Otro mandatario que fue explícito en el mismo sentido fue el chileno, Sebastián Piñera, que además avisó que estará presente en la cumbre de Jefes de Estado del Mercosur, que se desarrollará en la ciudad de Santa Fe los días 15, 16 y 17 del mes próximo.

Bolsonaro y Piñera ya hicieron manifestaciones públicas a favor de la reelección de Macri. Hace 20 días, el mandatario brasileño, por ejemplo, le pidió al pueblo argentino votar en octubre "con la razón y no con la emoción, como lo hicimos en Brasil, donde hubo gran responsabilidad para decidir el futuro del país".

Trump, Bolsonaro y Piñera se suman a los esfuerzos que hicieron los presidentes Emmanuel Macron (Francia), Angela Merkel (Alemania), Pedro Sánchez (España) y el presidente de la Comisión Europea, Jean Claude Juncker, entre otros, para sellar la firma del acuerdo de libre comercio entre el Mercosur y la Unión Europea (UE), una negociación que duró dos décadas y que se cristalizó hoy.

Macri, presidente pro-témpore del Mercosur, y Juncker podrían presentar el acuerdo -estaba en evaluación realizar una conferencia de prensa- tras la reunión que mantendrán cerca de las 23 de la Argentina (a las 11 de la mañana del sábado en Japón).

"¡Trato hecho! Un momento histórico. En medio de las tensiones comerciales internacionales, estamos enviando una fuerte señal de que defendemos el comercio basado en normas. El mayor acuerdo comercial de la Unión Europea ha concluido. Resultado positivo para el medio ambiente y los consumidores", celebró el mandamás europeo vía redes sociales.

Macri era "pura emoción" hace unas horas, en la madrugada de Osaka. Después de llamado del canciller Jorge Faurie y del ministro de Producción, Dante Sica, no soltó el teléfono. Los mensajes y llamados se multiplicaron por decenas.

"Después de 20 años, es un milagro haber conseguido el acuerdo", se sinceró, según pudo reconstruir LA NACION, el Presidente ante uno de sus funcionarios.

Es que el acuerdo, que crea un mercado de bienes y servicios de 800 millones de consumidores y casi una cuarta parte del PBI mundial, representa para el Gobierno, y para el Presidente en particular, un hito. La "inserción inteligente" en el mundo fue uno de los ejes de la gestión macrista. El logro, anticiparon desde la Casa Rosada, será parte del mensaje oficial en la campaña.

El respaldo de los principales líderes del G-20, entre ellos Trump, Merkel, Macron y del primer ministro japonés, Shinzo Abe, fue determinante para que el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) le otorgue a la Argentina el préstamo más importante de su historia.

"Se mueve como un primus inter pares", describieron testigos del paso del mandatario argentino por el centro de convenciones en Osaka. Según los integrantes de la delegación argentina, Macri se mueve con "naturalidad" y habla con "todos". </s> The inauguration of former army Captain turned congressman Jair Bolsonaro was held today in Brazil; delivering the first nationalist outlook to the office of the presidency in decades.

President Jair Bolsonaro and First-Lady of Brazil Michelle Bolsonaro both delivered speeches during the inauguration ceremony, with the first lady also using sign language (her father is deaf).

President Bolsonaro now takes the reins of Latin America’s largest and most populous nation after decades of corruption carried out by Brazil’s far-left politicians. Many will remember a failed assassination attempt on candidate Bolsonaro by opposition from the socialist workers party only a few weeks before the election. Bolsonaro has vowed to end business-as-usual governing which led to rampant corruption.

Many people within the far-left ridiculed Bolsonaro while he was a congressman and stated his Brazil-First outlook was too nationalistic amid a world now driven by global influence. The marginalization by those voices failed and now President Bolsonaro will likely chart a different course. (Sound familiar?)

There are many similarities in national outlook between U.S. President Donald Trump and President Bolsonaro especially regarding economics and trade. Additionally, following a similar decision by President Trump, Brazil will now move their Israeli embassy to Jerusalem.

Overall the U.S. Brazil relationship could make for an interesting alignment in South/Latin America; this relationship will become particularly important around the geopolitical strategy and influence of China in the region.

The 63-year-old President campaigned heavily on an anti-corruption, Brazil-first, nationalist agenda and promised to support gun ownership rights for law-abiding people within Brazil. Both Trump and Bolsonaro are opposed by the same groups. </s> OSAKA, June 28 US President Donald Trump might have infamously fallen “in love” with North Korea’s leader, but he seemed to have room in his heart for another during a meeting today with Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro.

Right-wing leader Bolsonaro has often been compared to the US leader and even nicknamed the “Trump of the tropics”.

And the two leaders had nothing but praise for each other during face-to-face talks, held on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan’s Osaka — a reunion of sorts after their first meeting in March at the White House.

“He is a special man, doing very well, very much loved by the people of Brazil,” Trump said, smiling broadly.

For his part, Bolsonaro told the US president: “I have been a great admirer of you for quite some time, even before your election.”

“I support Trump, I support the United States, I support your re-election,” he added.

The Brazilian ex-army captain may be a relatively rare ally for Trump at a G20 meeting expected to be one of the most fractious in years with disputes over trade, climate change and Middle East tensions on the agenda.

Like Trump, Bolsonaro is considered a climate change sceptic, and the Brazilian also subscribes to the US leader’s love of social media.

He immortalised their encounter in a photo posted on his official Twitter account, showing him posing alongside Trump in the US leader’s characteristic pose: a jaunty thumbs up. -AFP </s> May 9 (UPI) -- Ahead of a U.S. visit by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonro next week, President Donald Trump has designated the South American nation a major non-NATO ally.

Trump previously said he favored Brazil joining NATO and has been a proponent of Bolsonaro's. Wednesday, the U.S. president declared in a memo to Congress Brazil's new status as a major non-NATO ally -- the 18th nation to receive that label from the United States.

"I am making this designation in recognition of the Government of Brazil's recent commitments to increase defense cooperation with the United States, and in recognition of our own national interest in deepening our defense coordination with Brazil," Trump said in a statement.

The designation is given to non-NATO-affiliated foreign governments considered by the United States a key strategic military partner. Tunisia was the last to receive the designation for its counter-terrorism work with American forces.

Bolsonaro will visit the United States next week, in a trip to Dallas. He was supposed to visit New York City to accept a Person of the Year award from the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, but controversial policies and statements caused activists to protest. The American Museum of Natural History ultimately canceled plans to host a black tie gala for Bolsonaro.

Spokesman Rego Barros said some U.S. cities "do not know how to take advantage of the good democratic environment in the United States, and therefore, Bolsonaro will visit another city within the country."

"Our president has already received several invitations from other [U.S.] states that ensure he will be honored properly when he arrives there," he added. </s> RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Brazilians elected a president who is a far-right, ardently pro-Israel veteran pol who once declared “My heart is green, yellow, blue and white,” in a reference to the colors of the Israeli and Brazilian flags.

Jair Bolsonaro, a 63-year-old seven-term congressman who built his campaign around pledges to crush corruption and crime, secured over 55 percent of the vote, an 11 percent lead over his far-left rival Fernando Haddad.

“We cannot continue flirting with socialism, communism, populism and leftist extremism … We are going to change the destiny of Brazil,” said Bolsonaro in his late Sunday night acceptance speech broadcast from his home in Rio, which showed a Jewish menorah in the background of the video.

Highly divisive among Jewish voters, the Conservative lawmaker — whose middle name, Messias, literally means “messiah” — won the ballot after a drama-filled election that looks set to radically reforge the future of the world’s fourth biggest democracy, leaving nearly 15 years of far-left governments behind.

“I have just congratulated president-elect @jairbolsonaro for the historic victory won today. Once the election is over, it is time for all, united, to continue working for Brazil,” Brazil’s President Michel Temer, who rose to power to replace impeached Dilma Rousseff, tweeted overnight.

For many Jewish voters, Bolsonaro has always been a dream president. He has declared he will move the Brazilian embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. His first international trip as president, he said, will be to Israel, with which he will seek to broaden the dialogue. And he promised to close the Palestinian embassy in Brasilia.

“Is Palestine a country? Palestine is not a country, so there should be no embassy here,” Bolsonaro said weeks ago. “You do not negotiate with terrorists.”

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The pol’s victory means, many hope, the longtime anti-Israel sentiment of far-left Rouseff and Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, who is serving a 12-year prison sentence for corruption and money laundering. One low point in Brazil-Israel relations came in 2014, when the Brazilian government recalled its ambassador to Israel for consultations during that summer’s war in Gaza, and a former special adviser to Rouseff described Israeli military actions there as a “massacre.”

“Bolsonaro stood out among the many candidates for including the State of Israel in the major speeches he made during the campaign,” Israel’s honorary consul in Rio, Osias Wurman, told JTA last week. “He is a lover of the people and the State of Israel.”

On Sept. 6, Bolsonaro was stabbed and seriously injured during a street rally while campaigning. After receiving local emergency treatment, Bolsonaro chose to be transferred to a Jewish hospital in Sao Paulo to recover from life-threatening injuries. The fact that the politician declined treatment offered by the Syrian-Lebanese Hospital, an elite hospital commonly chosen by senior politicians, led to conspiracy theories in social media.

The most radical among Bolsonaro’s nearly 10 million followers suggested his life would be at risk at a place “by the hands of Arab and Muslim doctors,” adding that at the Jewish-led Albert Einstein hospital, Israel’s Mossad would be able to protect him.

Dubbed “Brazil’s Trump,” Brazil’s president-elect is referred to by opponents as “extreme” and “a risk” to democracy. The former army captain waxes nostalgic about Brazil’s 1964-1985 military regime, and has derided gays, women and minorities. Some have gone so far as to liken him to Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.

Bolsonaro’s supporters usually refer to him by the nickname “Mito,” from the word myth or legend. His three sons, also politicians, have been photographed wearing T-shirts with messages in Hebrew. One of them was elected senator earlier this month. </s> Brazil: Far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro has been sworn in as Brazil`s new President and he promised to build a "society without discrimination or division". The 63-year-old former army captain in his inaugural speech on Tuesday talked about a "national pact" to free Brazil of corruption, crime and economic mismanagement, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

After being sworn in front of the Congress, Bolsonaro went on to the Planalto Palace where the outgoing President, Michel Temer, handed over the presidential sash. Speaking afterwards, he said Brazil would "start to free itself of socialism" and "political correctness".

US President Donald Trump commended him for his speech, saying the US was "with" him. Among the foreign guests at the inauguration were US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa.

Bolsonaro won the presidential election by a wide margin against Fernando Haddad of the left-wing Workers Party on October 28, 2018. Despite portraying himself as a political outsider during his campaign, Bolsonaro served seven terms in Brazil`s lower house of Congress, the Chamber of Deputies, before being elected President. He has been a member of several political parties but is currently in the Social Liberal Party.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro officially endorse the re-election campaign of Mauricio Macri.