Tag: Fernando Haddad 2018

• Tuesday, October 30th 2018 - 10:50 UTC

  Uruguay sends congratulations message to the Brazilian people and the election of Bolsonaro

  

  Finally on Monday the Uruguayan government sent an official message congratulating the Brazilian people for their civic display on Sunday which elected president Jair Bolsonaro. Likewise the Uruguayan government confirmed its willingness to continue working and developing the bilateral relation with its large neighbor and strongest economy in Latin America.

• Monday, October 29th 2018 - 10:31 UTC

  Electoral Tribunal sends strong message to president elect Bolsonaro underlining the no-incident election

  

  At exactly 19h18m, Sunday 28 October, the Electoral Superior Tribunal, TSE, minister Rosa Weber stated that Jair Bolsonaro, candidate for the “Brazil above all, God above all of us” coalition was mathematically elected president of Brazil. The new president is to take office next January first, for the period from 2019 to 2022.

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  Lula on stage calls on “democrats” to unite and defeat the “fascist adventure”

  

  Jailed ex-president Lula da Silva called on “democrats” on Wednesday to put aside their differences and unite in a bid to defeat a “fascist adventure” in Sunday's presidential election run-off. Right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro is favorite to defeat Lula's Workers Party (PT) colleague Fernando Haddad in the weekend's two-horse race.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 07:35 UTC

  Opinion polls confirm Bolsonaro is set to become Brazil's president next Sunday

  

  The latest public opinion poll released in Brazil, BTG Pactual/FSB showed that the extreme right candidate Jair Bolsonaro is leading with a valid vote intention of 60%, while leftist Fernando Haddad has a 40% support. Both presidential candidates for Sunday's 28 October runoff suffered minor variations compared to the previous poll, 59% vs 41%.

• Saturday, October 20th 2018 - 07:15 UTC

  Bolsonaro, not the best choice for Brazil, say 350 economists in open declaration

  

  More than 350 economists, among them a Nobel Prize winner, have signed a declaration saying Brazil's frontrunner to be president, far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro, is not the best choice for his country.

• Friday, October 19th 2018 - 06:54 UTC

  Bolsonaro confident of victory switches presidential campaign to “cruise control”

  

  Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro said that electoral victory was “within reach” and his campaign team said it had now switched to “cruise control” as it seeks to avoid hiccups and glide to the finish line.

• Friday, October 12th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  Bolsonaro pledges support for a non ideologized Mercosur; praises Macri for ousting Dilma Kirchner

  

  Brazil’s far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro has promised to continue his country's participation in the Mercosur trading bloc but says he will move it away from “ideology”.“The Mercosur has value but it was disfigured by the PT (Brazil's Workers' Party)”, Bolsonaro said at a press conference in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday. “I won’t abandon the Mercosur but it won’t continue to be guided by ideology”, he added.

• Wednesday, October 10th 2018 - 11:59 UTC

  Chile's President says Bolsonaro's plan is “what Brazil needs”

  

  Chilean President Sebastián Piñera Tuesday welcomed Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro's economic plan and explained it is what the largest economy in the region needs.

• Monday, October 8th 2018 - 06:43 UTC

  Bolsonaro's performance unprecedented at Congress level: from 8 to 51 seats

  

  Brazil's far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro turned his party from a footnote in a crowded Congress into a national powerhouse on Sunday, underscoring a seismic shift in Latin America's biggest nation as voters raged against the political establishment.

• 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.