Brazil's Bolsonaro backs Trump reelection

Brazil right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday (July 16) said he hopes Republican U.S. President Donald Trump will be reelected in November.

The Brazilian leader has been critical of left-leaning leaders in Latin America and further afield. On Thursday, he said that Argentina opted for a "lie" in an election that pitted former conservative president Mauricio Macri against leftist victor President Alberto Fernandez.

Also in his address, Bolsonaro hit out at critics that the country's Amazon rainforest is under threat.