Trump cast his announcement as a pressure tactic to help Bolsonaro, who is on trial for allegedly plotting a coup to overturn his loss in the 2022 presidential election.

A prosecutor asked Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday to find ex-president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of plotting a coup, in closing arguments after a trial that saw US President Donald Trump try to intervene on behalf of his right-wing ally.

Jair Bolsonaro had been president of Brazil for only six months when, in 2019, his son Eduardo Bolsonaro began angling for the post of ambassador to the U.S. Just 35 years old at the time, the younger Bolsonaro was a member of Congress,

US President Donald Trump's backing for a far-right Brazilian ally could inadvertently boost leftist President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva's flagging political fortunes, analysts say. Brazilians on both sides of the political aisle have been angered by a threatened 50 percent tariff on exports to the US -- a penalty for what Trump calls a "witch hunt" against ex-president Jair Bolsonaro.

By bnl Sao Paulo bureau Brazil will pursue a rapid reversal of Washington's 50% tariff announcement while remaining open to requesting additional negotiation time, according to Vice President Geraldo Alckmin.

Brazil is Florida’s biggest international trading partner for buying what the Sunshine State sells, and tariffs might make orange juice prices soar.