Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Monday, October 8th 2018 - 06:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro syndrome: rejection of corruption in the Brazilian political class

  

  The far-right former military man Jair Bolsonaro won nearly half the votes in Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday, raising the strong prospect that he could take the helm of Latin America’s largest nation in a runoff later this month.

• Saturday, October 6th 2018 - 08:33 UTC

  Brazilian election: a divided congress but with a powerful decisive “Bullets, Beef and Bible” caucus

  

  All eyes are set on Sunday October 7 presidential election, but Brazilians will also be electing, 27 governors, 54 senators and 513 legislators, and Congress wields considerable power and since 2016 has decided the fate of two presidents: to impeach Dilma Rousseff for juggling with budget numbers and to shield Michel Temer from corruption charges.

• Friday, October 5th 2018 - 09:22 UTC

  “My flag is the union of the Brazilian people, defend the family and combat violence”, pledges Bolsonaro

  

  Jair Bolsonaro, Brazilian extreme right presidential candidate is leading in opinion polls and also has good strategists. On prime time Thursday when the seventh and last debate of presidential candidates, which he did not attend on medical recommendations, Bolsonaro had a long interview aired at the same time, at his home, in which contrary to his firebrand rhetoric he transmitted a clearly conciliatory message.

• Friday, October 5th 2018 - 08:34 UTC

  Haddad accuses Bolsonaro's team of fake news about him and his family

  

  The leading leftist candidate for Brazil's presidency accused front-runner Jair Bolsonaro of spreading falsehoods about him and his family on social media, as new polls showed the far-right candidate's lead widening with days before the vote. The accusations marked a shift in strategy for Workers' Party candidate Fernando Haddad, who had earlier avoided direct attacks on Bolsonaro.

• Friday, October 5th 2018 - 06:27 UTC

  Next Brazilian president's main challenge: building a coalition to approve emergency agenda

  

  Whoever wins Brazil's presidential race this month will inherit a fiscal straight jacket and a drifting economy in urgent need of repair: but will have no governing coalition in Congress to pass reforms. On Sunday, Brazilians will vote for the president, all 513 members of the lower house of Congress, and two-thirds of the 81-member Senate.

• Thursday, October 4th 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  Brazilian markets soar on prospects of a Bolsonaro victory next Sunday

  

  Brazilian markets soared for a second day on Wednesday on an opinion poll confirming right-wing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro was gaining steam ahead of Sunday’s vote and was on track to beat his likely leftist rival in a second-round runoff.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2018 - 08:28 UTC

  Brazilian markets surge on strong polling for extreme right Bolsonaro

  

  Brazilian markets surged on Tuesday as stronger polling for far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro and a Congressional farm caucus endorsement boosted expectations that he may block the leftist Workers Party from returning to power.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  Bolsonaro has 10-points lead over Haddad, and would tie in the runoff, says Ibope opinion poll

  

  Brazil's far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has a 10-point lead over the Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad, and would tie in a second-round runoff against him next month, an opinion poll showed on Monday.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2018 - 08:58 UTC

  The possible economic options behind Bolsonaro and Haddad

  

  Behind Brazil's polarized presidential election, and unpredictable result, the business class in Latin America's largest economy looking for clear signals of what can be expected as of 2019 either from the former army captain Jair Bolsonaro or from economist Fernando Haddad, handpicked by Lula da Silva as his successor. Hopefully not a choice between “awful” and “extremely awful”

• Monday, October 1st 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro and Haddad technical tied in Brazilian presidential race according to latest poll

  

  The latest public opinion released in Brazil on Sunday, a week ahead of the 7 October presidential election first round shows the two leading candidates virtually in technical ties.