Tag: Brazil

• Friday, November 2nd 2018 - 08:36 UTC

  Bolsonaro backtracks in merging Agriculture and Environment a single ministry

  

  Brazil’s President-elect Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday his future administration may keep the agriculture and the environment ministries separate, backtracking from a proposal to combine the two that had alarmed environmentalists.

• Friday, November 2nd 2018 - 07:11 UTC

  Controversy in Brazil as anti graft Judge Moro accepts post as Justice minister

  

  Brazilian far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has convinced crusading anti-graft Judge Sergio Moro to become his justice minister, the two said on Thursday, delighting supporters and enraging critics “by hiring the jurist who jailed Bolsonaro's chief political rival”.

• Thursday, November 1st 2018 - 23:36 UTC

  Bolsonaro vows to move embassy in Israel to Jerusalem

  

  Brazil's far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro promised to move his country's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the newspaper 'Israel Hayom' reported Thursday.

• Thursday, November 1st 2018 - 08:50 UTC

  Brazil leaves interest rates unchanged at an all time low: reduced risks of inflation

  

  Brazil’s central bank on Wednesday held interest rates at an all-time low less than a week after the victory of far-right lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro in presidential elections allayed fears of a currency sell-off.

• Thursday, November 1st 2018 - 08:06 UTC

  Russia lifts ban on imports of pork and beef from nine Brazilian plants

  

  Russia's agriculture safety watchdog said on Wednesday it would allow imports of beef and pork from nine Brazilian plants beginning on Thursday, ending an 11-month ban triggered by concerns about the safety of their meat products.

• Thursday, November 1st 2018 - 06:56 UTC

  Brazilian ministers object Bolsonaro's plans to merge Agriculture and Environment

  

  Brazil’s environment and agriculture ministers on Wednesday criticized President-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s plans to merge their departments, saying it would hurt the country’s agenda on both fronts. Bolsonaro has pledged to roughly halve the number of existing ministries in an effort to reduce bureaucracy and government bloat. He also vowed to merge the planning, finance and industry ministries into one super ministry.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2018 - 18:47 UTC

  Pompeo speaks with Bolsonaro of “vibrant partnership” between Brazil, US

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Monday congratulated Brazil's President-Elect Jair Bolsonaro for his victory and “reinforced the vibrant partnership between the United States and Brazil based on our mutual commitment to promote security, democracy, economic prosperity, and human rights,” it was reported.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2018 - 12:47 UTC

  Bolsonaro in favour of the right to bear arms

  

  Brazil's President elect Jair Bolsonaro has vowed to push for a change in the current legislation which requires people to justify their need to carry a weapon in order to be given the mandatory license.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  Several Army generals expected in Bolsonaro's cabinet to be announced next Monday

  

  Brazil’s far-right president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro, is likely to tap army generals and an ultra-free-market economist for key roles in his cabinet. The former army captain styles himself as an outsider, even though he has spent a long career in Congress, and has mostly sought prospective ministers with little political experience.

• Wednesday, October 31st 2018 - 08:43 UTC

  Brazil's unemployment down to 11.9% in the third quarter

  

  Brazil's unemployment rate fell for the sixth straight month in September, according to government data released on Tuesday, two days after far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro was elected president on a promise of sweeping change. The jobless rate -- measured in sliding three-month intervals -- was 11.9% for the period from July to September, down from 12.1% from June to August.