Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro attends the handover of his new Defence Minister Fernando Azevedo e Silva in Brasilia, Brazil January 2, 2018. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro said in a TV interview on Thursday that he is open to discussing the possibility of hosting a United States military base.

Bolsonaro, who assumed office on Tuesday, also said Brazil should be worried about Russian ties to the “dictatorship” in Venezuela.