Tag: flavio Bolsonaro

• Wednesday, August 6th 2025 - 21:46 UTC

  Brazil: Opposition lawmakers stay the night in Congress

  

  Brazilian opposition lawmakers spent the night in both houses of Congress on Wednesday, which prevented work from resuming. Those who stayed through the wee hours of Thursday were relayed by some of their colleagues before dawn.

• Saturday, July 12th 2025 - 10:33 UTC

  Flávio Bolsonaro agrees US tariffs are unfair, says solution is broad amnesty

  

  Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ), a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, has acknowledged that the 50% tariffs imposed by the US Republican Government of Donald Trump on Brazilian exports were “unfair” to his country's productive sector. However, in an interview with Globonews, he argued that the solution was a return to “normality,” which he defined as granting a broad amnesty for those involved in the Jan. 8, 2023, riots in Brasilia.

• Thursday, July 3rd 2025 - 08:43 UTC

  Bolsonaro to rest throughout July due to health issues

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has canceled all his public engagements for July due to recurring health issues, including constant hiccups and vomiting that make it difficult for him to speak and eat.

• Friday, May 19th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  Bolsonaro's son fined again by TSE

  

  Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, and other legislators were fined R$ 10,000 (about US$ 2,000) Thursday by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE) for spreading false information against current head of state Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

• Wednesday, April 19th 2023 - 10:01 UTC

  Brazil's top electoral court upholds sanctions against two lawmakers for spreading false content

  

  Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Tuesday ruled to uphold a decision fining Federal Deputy Carla Zambelli (PL-SP) and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (PL-RJ) for publishing untrue content against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during the 2022 election campaign, Agencia Brasil reported.

• 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.

• Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Brazil: Bolsonaro flown to São Paulo for possible emergency surgery

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been rushed late Wednesday from Brasilia to a São Paulo hospital after being diagnosed with an intestinal obstruction which might require emergency surgery, it was reported.

• Thursday, November 5th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro's eldest son formally charged in alleged scheme to siphon public funds

  

  State prosecutors in Rio de Janeiro said late they have formally charged against Flavio Bolsonaro, President Jair Bolsonaro's eldest son, over his alleged participation in a scheme to siphon off public funds.

• Wednesday, August 26th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Another member of the Bolsonaro family tests positive for coronavirus

  

  Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of president Jair Bolsonaro, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to a statement by Flavio's spokesman.

• Friday, November 29th 2019 - 09:01 UTC

  Brazil prosecutors given access to confidential financial information on Bolsonaro's son

  

  Brazil’s police and prosecutors can access confidential tax and financial information without a court order, the country’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, clearing the way for authorities to reopen an investigation of the president’s son.