Bolsonaro year 1: Foreign policy

Brazil’s foreign policy under Jair Bolsonaro has put “America first,” with the president preaching total alignment with the White House. His diplomacy is spearheaded by his Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo, a controversial diplomat who once wrote that Donald Trump could “save the West from its own mess.” Mr. Araújo abides by the teachings of Olavo de Carvalho, a self-proclaimed philosopher who believes that Pepsi Cola is sweetened with the cells of aborted fetuses, and works closely to Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, the president’s third-eldest son.

America First? Mr. Bolsonaro gloats of having a close friendship with Mr. Trump, though some would call it an abusive relationship. In bilateral meetings, Brazil caved to many of the...