Tag: Eduardo Bolsonaro

• Friday, August 23rd 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  “Macron is an idiot”, is the title of a video posted by Eduardo Bolsonaro

  

  “Macron is an idiot” is the title of a video posted in social networks by a Brazilian member of congress who happens to be the son of president Bolsonaro, Eduardo Bolsonaro

• Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Alberto Fernández is like a matryoshka doll, “you open it and out pops, Cristina, Lula, Chavez...”

  

  Argentine primary winner, Alberto Fernandez is like the Russian mamushka doll, “you open it and out pops Cristina Fernandez, again you open it and out pops Lula, and again, Hugo Chavez”, said Brazilian foreign minister Ernesto Araújo.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 08:53 UTC

  Brazil considering declaring Hezbollah a terrorist organization, but also weighs trade with Iran and Lebanese community

  

  Brazil is considering designating Lebanese group Hezbollah a terrorist organization, as President Jair Bolsonaro increasingly aligns his government with the U.S. on foreign policy.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 18:33 UTC

  Brazil: court injunction to prevent Bolsonaro's son appointment as ambassador in US

  

  Brazilian federal prosecutors filed a court injunction on Tuesday seeking to bar the appointment of conservative president Jair Bolsonaro’s son Eduardo as ambassador to the United States due to his lack of experience as a diplomat.

• Saturday, August 10th 2019 - 07:37 UTC

  US approved the nomination of Bolsonaro's son as next Brazilian ambassador in Washington

  

  Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday the United States has approved the nomination of his son Eduardo as ambassador to Washington.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazilian vice-president supports Bolsonaro's son as ambassador in Washington

  

  Brazil’s vice president said he didn’t see “any problems” with President Jair Bolsonaro’s possible nomination of his son as ambassador to the United States, rebutting accusations that nepotism had tainted the appointment process for a coveted diplomatic posting.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 12:04 UTC

  Bolsonaros behind transnational alliance of conservative leaders, Brazil's FM says

  

  In an interview before traveling to the Argentine city of Santa Fe for the Mercosur Summit and published Wednesday by the BBC, Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo admitted he discussed a possible Conservative-Liberal Alliance with lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, the president's son and likely to become the next ambassador to the United States.

• Saturday, July 13th 2019 - 22:06 UTC

  Controversial Bolsonaro's guns-for-all stance not welcome by most Brazilians

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's proposal to change the current legislation in order to ease down gun possession regulations is not favoured by most citizens, a survey published on Friday by pollster Datafolha Institute showed Friday. The controverial president drew further criticism on him this week when he announced his plan to appoint his son as ambassador to the United States.

• Monday, July 1st 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Bolsonaro: EU/Mercosur agreement will take at least three years to come into force

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday that it could take up to three years for the free-trade deal agreed by the European Union and Mercosur to come into force, as it depends on approvals by lawmakers of all countries involved.

• Monday, April 29th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Bolsonaro sons aim at the pragmatic vice-president Mourao calling him “traitor”

  

  A barrage of criticism this week from the sons of Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro aimed at the vice president has laid bare stark divisions in his cabinet, raising serious concerns from senior members of his four-month-old government.