A little more than a month ago, he was leading the fifth largest country in the world. These days, he is wandering around Florida supermarkets, eating fried chicken alone at fast-food restaurants, and holding court for supporters from the driveway of a modest home owned by a former ultimate-fighting champion in a gated community south of Orlando.
Jair Bolsonaro’s re-emergence in Florida is a bizarre spectacle even for a state with a long history of providing haven to eccentric characters. The embattled ex-President of Brazil, who has refused to concede his loss in October’s election, left the country for the U.S. on Dec. 30, two days before the inauguration of his successor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. On Jan. 8, Bolsonaro’s supporters stormed the Brazilian parliament, Supreme Court