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Former Brazilian President Michel Temer arrives at his residence in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, May 15, 2019. Temer has been released from jail a week after his arrest in a corruption probe. A judge in Rio de Janeiro signed off his release Wednesday from the police station where he has been detained since May 9. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

Ex-President Michel Temer freed from detention

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Former Brazilian President Michel Temer, center, leaves his residence inside a federal police vehicle as he turns himself in for arrest on corruption charges as part of a sprawling graft probe in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, May 9, 2019, a day after a judge ruled he should await trial in jail. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Court ruling moves Temer closer to leaving jail

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Former Brazilian President Michel Temer, center, leaves his residence inside a federal police vehicle as he turns himself in for arrest on corruption charges as part of a sprawling graft probe in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, May 9, 2019, a day after a judge ruled he should await trial in jail. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil ex-President Temer back in custody on graft charges

By DIANE JEANTET - Associated Press

Brazil court sends ex-president back to jail during probe

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In this photo shot through a fence, former Brazilian President Michel Temer, left, is seen at the international airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, March 21, 2019. In a statement, the Prosecutors Office in Rio de Janeiro said that Judge Marcelo Breitas had issued an arrest warrant for Temer, as well as Moreira Franco, a former minister and close ally of Temer, and eight others. (AP Photo/Nelson Antoine)

Ex-Brazilian President Temer released from jail after 5 days

By DIANE JEANTET and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Former Brazilian President Michel Temer, center, arrives to the Federal Police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, March 21, 2019. In a statement, the Prosecutors Office in Rio de Janeiro said that Judge Marcelo Breitas had issued an arrest warrant for Temer, as well as Moreira Franco, a former minister and close ally of Temer, and eight others. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)

Brazilian ex-president remains silent under questioning

By DIANE JEANTET and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 1, 2018 file photo, Brazil's President Michel Temer pauses during a speech at the Planalto Presidential Palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. A judge in Rio de Janeiro issued an arrest warrant Thursday, March 21, 2019, for the former president, who is being investigated in several corruption cases. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Ex-President Temer arrested in Brazil on corruption charges

By PETER PRENGAMAN and MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 12, 2012 file photo, Cesare Battisti attends the presentation of his new book about his experience in an Italian prison, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A Brazilian supreme court judge ordered the arrest of Battisti on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. but that the president would have the final word over his extradition to Italy. Battisti escaped from Italian prison in 1981 while awaiting trial on four counts of murder allegedly committed when he was a member of the Armed Proletarians for Communism. He was convicted in absentia in 1990. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

Brazilian president orders extradition of Cesare Battisti

By STAN LEHMAN - Associated Press

Brazil's President Michel Temer speaks during a breakfast with foreign correspondents in the presidential residence in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018. Temer says he is not &quot;the least bit worried&quot; about corruption charges against him that could lead to jail time after he leaves office on Jan. 1. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil president: Not worried about looming corruption cases

By PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press

Brazil's President Michel Temer, right, talks with the President of the Supreme Court Dias Toffoli, during a ceremony in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Brazilian Constitution, iat the Supreme Court in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018. Brazil celebrates on October 5 the third anniversary of its constitution, which was promulgated in 1988 after the process of re-democratization of the country. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Temer charged with corruption, money laundering

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Brazil's President Michel Temer answers questions during an interview with The Associated Press at Four Seasons Hotel during the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, in New York. Temer said Monday that corruption charges against him were the result of his administration's attempts to reform the country's pension system, an explanation sure to raise eyebrows, if not hackles, in Latin America's largest nation. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

AP Interview: Brazil’s Temer denies graft, defends legacy

By JENNIFER PELTZ and PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press

Jair Bolsonaro suffered intestinal damage and serious internal bleeding when he was stabbed Thursday during a campaign event. (Associated Press)

Jair Bolsonaro, Lula reflect Brazil’s election chaos

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

Brazils' President Michel Temer greets the media as he arrives for an update on the federal security intervention in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug.30, 2018. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Michel Temer could corruption charges by Brazil police

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Gen. Walter Souza Braga Netto, left, and Brazils' President Michel Temer, arrive for an update on the federal security intervention in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Aug.30, 2018. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Brazil president: closing Venezuela border ‘unthinkable’

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FILE - In this March 10, 2018 file photo, people stand at the border between Venezuela, right, and Brazil, near the Brazilian city of Pacaraima, in Roraima state. The poor state in northern Brazil, which is at the center of the Venezuelan migrant crisis, had the highest homicide rate in Brazil in the first six months of the year, according to data published Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil suggests limiting Venezuelan entries, then backs off

By SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 10, 2018 file photo, people stand at the border between Venezuela, right, and Brazil, near the Brazilian city of Pacaraima, in Roraima state. The poor state in northern Brazil, which is at the center of the Venezuelan migrant crisis, had the highest homicide rate in Brazil in the first six months of the year, according to data published Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Brazil to deploy military in state flooded with Venezuelans

By SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

Geraldo Alckmin, former Sao Paulo governor and presidential hopeful with the Social Democratic Party, gets his make up done during a break at a presidential debate in Sao Paulo, Brazil, early Friday, Aug. 10, 2018. Brazil will hold general elections on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Brazil’s Temer backs other party’s presidential candidate

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

In this Dec. 10, 2017 photo, Brazil's President Michel Temer attends the opening ceremony of the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Temer's presidential office says he successfully underwent minor surgery for a narrowing of his urethra. The procedure took place Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 13, at Sao Paulo's Sirio-Libanes Hospital. He is expected to return to Brasilia on Friday. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Brazil president postpones SE Asia trip after minor surgery

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Brazil's President Michel Temer attends the swearing-in ceremony of his newly appointed Director-General of the Federal Police, Fernando Segovia, in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, Nov. 20, 2017. Fernando Segovia was sworn in Monday by unpopular Brazilian President Michel Temer, who is himself being investigated by the force. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil president has angioplasty, 2 stents implanted

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Brazil's President Michel Temer attends the Aviator Day ceremony at the Brasilia Air Base, Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. Aviator Day commemorates Brazil's first official flight and celebrates the Brazilian Air Force. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil leader hospitalized as he faces vote on suspension

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press