Tag: Arthur Lira

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2024 - 20:56 UTC

  Lula soothes his links to the Lower House

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva discussed his meeting last Sunday at the Alvorada Palace with House Speaker Arthur Lira over breakfast with reporters in Brasilia Tuesday morning saying that their differences were normal.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 10:13 UTC

  Lira reelected Speaker of Brazil's Lower House by overwhelming majority

  

  Congressman Arthur Lira (PP-AL) was reelected Wednesday as Speaker of Brazil's Lower House for the next two years. It will be Lira's fourth term on the post after garnering a record 464 votes. The second most-voted candidate was Deputy Chico Alencar (PSOL-RJ) with 21 votes, followed by Deputy Marcel Van Hatten (Novo-RS) with 19 votes. There were also five blank votes.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 08:37 UTC

  Brazilian Deputies give printed voting bill a full red light

  

  Brazil's House of Deputies Tuesday voted against President Jair Bolsonaro's plan to make changes to the electronic voting system, which would have allowed for more reliable monitoring of post-election counting.

• Thursday, February 25th 2021 - 08:44 UTC

  Brazil reaffirms electricity provider Electobras privatization, except for nuclear plants and Itaipu dam

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro went to Congress to deliver a provisional measure associated with his government’s plans to privatize state-run electricity provider Eletrobras.

• Tuesday, January 19th 2021 - 09:16 UTC

  Bolsonaro allies expected to win control of both houses in Congress

  

  Brazil’s right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro sponsored candidates are expected to win control of Congress next month, politicians and analysts said on Monday, despite controversy of the management of the pandemic.