Paulo Figueiredo Jr.

The Trump Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Donald Trump ‘almost sounded like a Brazilian.’ A backer of Rio’s Trump Hotel weighs in.

October 18, 2016Business

The Trump brand might seem like a hard sell these days — especially in Latin America. But a couple of years ago, Brazilian businessman Paulo Figueiredo Jr. backed an ambitious project: building South America’s first Trump hotel.