Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:21 UTC

  Brazil launches US$ 65bn 'handouts' for the 2022/23 farming year

  

  The Brazilian federal government launched last week the 2022/2023 agribusiness financing plan (Plano Safra), which will provide a total of Reais 340.8 billion (some US$ 65 billion) in credit to support the agri-business industry during the next twelve months.

• Saturday, July 2nd 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Lula claims Bolsonaro “buying” people with cash handouts

  

  Former two-time Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro was “buying the people” with cash handouts which were approved barely three months ahead of the Oct. 2 elections and also with a proposed amendment to the Constitution to extend social welfare programs.

• Saturday, July 2nd 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Major pre-election package approved by Brazilian Senate. Bolsonaro's move to strengthen reelection bid

  

  Brazil's Lower House will be considering a major pre-election package sponsored by the administration of President Jair Bolsonaro which on Thursday was approved in the Senate with an overwhelming majority.

• Friday, July 1st 2022 - 20:10 UTC

  Bolsonaro says Brazil's left does not respect anyone

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has expressed his agreement with the stance on abortion adopted by the Supreme Court of the United States and insisted he preferred other treatments against COVID-19 over-vaccination.

• Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Putin ensures Brazil a steady fertilizer supply; but prices have soared from US$ 360 to US$ 650 a ton

  

  President Vladimir Putin in a phone call with Jair Bolsonaro said Russia will ensure that fertilizer trade with Brazil remains uninterrupted. Fertilizers, especially nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, are widely used by Brazilian farmers and have made the country a world food powerhouse.

• Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 21:15 UTC

  Bolsonaro says Brazil might buy diesel from Russia

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has hinted he might purchase diesel from Russia after a telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin, who had reportedly vowed to guarantee the South American country a steady supply of fertilizers despite the ongoing war with Ukraine.

• Monday, June 27th 2022 - 19:17 UTC

  Braga Netto chosen as Bolsonaro's VP running mate

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said during a TV interview Sunday that he had chosen former Defense Minister General Walter Braga Netto as his running mate for the Oct. 2 elections and that the official announcement is to be made shortly.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 21:11 UTC

  Former Bolsonarist minister released in corruption probe

  

  A Brazilian Federal court in Brasilia has ordered the release of former Education Minister, Pastor Milton Ribeiro from jail after being arrested Wednesday on a preemptive basis for allegedly diverting public funds for his own benefit and collecting bribes from municipal authorities.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 10:25 UTC

  The “communist” map that irked nationalists because Malvinas are Falklands and don't figure as Argentine

  

  When it's not the father, president Jair Bolsonaro, it's one of his sons, in this case Eduardo Bolsonaro, federal lawmaker who is involved in a controversy over his interpretation of South America's political mood and trend, which he described as mostly pure red communist.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 09:28 UTC

  Bolsonarists looking for strategies to halt fuel price increases

  

  While Brazil's Energy Minister Adolfo Sachsida appeared Tuesday before the Lower House to answer questions about the current situation regarding the state-owned oil company Petrobras, the Government of President Jair Bolsonaro is concocting other strategies to curb the neverending increases in the price of fuel.