Tag: General Hamilton Mourao

• Friday, June 14th 2024 - 19:10 UTC

  Brazilian Jan. 8 fugitives said to be hiding in Argentina

  

  Brazilian authorities have requested Argentina's help to arrest around 143 fugitives who have been tried and convicted for their involvement in the Jan. 8, 2023, riots in Brasilia. The escapees are believed to be supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro who fled to Argentina in the hope of being granted political asylum given President Javier Milei's affinity with the conservative retired Army captain.

• Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 07:25 UTC

  The Economist: Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro dangerous divorce

  

  On April 19, Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, climbed onto a truck outside army headquarters in Brasília to fire up protesters who were calling for a shutdown of Congress and the Supreme Court. Soon after, according to Folha de S. Paulo, he learned that federal police were investigating allegations that one of his sons, Carlos, runs an online fake-news network that may have inspired the protest.

• Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazil and China closer: Bolsonaro visits Beijing in October and Xi travels to Brasilia in November

  

  Brazil’s Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Monday that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Brazil in November, as the two nations seek to strengthen political and economic ties at a time of global trade tensions.

• Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Bolsonaro announces he'll be back in office next Thursday

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday in a video from his hospital bed that he is ready to go back to work after having a hernia operation and his spokesman said he will reassume the presidency on Thursday as planned.

• Monday, September 9th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Bolsonaro recovering from a five hour surgery; in ten days he returns to Brasília

  

  Vice President Hamilton Mourão will be Brazil's acting president through Thursday while president Jair Bolsonaro recovers from abdominal surgery resulting from his stabbing at a political rally last year, his spokesman said on Sunday.

• 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.

• Friday, July 19th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  
Huawei is not restricted in Brazil, says VP Hamilton Mourao

  

  China's Huawei will not be restricted in Brazil where plans are underway to launch a 5G network, the country's vice president said, defying US pressure to shun the firm.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Bolsonaro to meet President Xi for the first time next Friday in Osaka

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who criticized China last year for “buying” up his country, will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time on the sidelines of this week's G20 meeting in Japan, his office said on Monday.

• 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.

• Friday, April 26th 2019 - 10:29 UTC

  Brazilian Vice-president on a ten day visit to China next May 16

  

  Brazil’s Vice President Hamilton Mourao will travel to China on May 16, staying for 10 days with stops in Beijing and Shanghai. Mourao, a former general who is seen as a moderate in the far-right government of Jair Bolsonaro, has recently become embroiled in a nasty war-of-words with the president’s sons, who are both influential lawmakers.