Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:39 UTC
Lula's appeal to be freed delayed until at least August

Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday delayed until August its decision on an appeal by imprisoned former President Lula da Silva who argued he should be freed because leaked private messages showed that the judge who convicted him was not impartial.
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Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:20 UTC
Bolsonaro revokes a bill to loosen gun control laws

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday reversed a move to loosen gun control laws by presidential decree, in a strategic retreat after lawmakers pushed back on one of the far-right leader’s key campaign promises.
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Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:17 UTC
Relief for Facebook legal problems in Brazil: fine reduced to US$ 5 million

Facebook Inc’s fine for withholding WhatsApp messages from a drug-trafficking investigation in Brazil should be reduced to 23 million reais (US$ 5 million), a Brazilian federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
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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.
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Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 08:35 UTC
Bolsonaro supports Rio to host the F1 Grand Prix starting 2021; Sao Paulo refuses to yield

President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday there is a “99% chance” that Rio de Janeiro will host Formula One's Brazilian Grand Prix starting in 2021 -- the latest in a battle with Sao Paulo, the current host city.
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Monday, June 24th 2019 - 12:37 UTC
Irish farmers protest Mercosur negotiations before EC offices in Dublin

A protest by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is taking place at the European Commission offices in Dublin over the “double standards of the commission” in their reckless pursuit of a sell-out trade deal” with the Mercosur trade bloc.
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Saturday, June 22nd 2019 - 09:39 UTC
The Economist: “Despite turmoil, Brazil is starting to fix its pension system”

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s president, likes romantic metaphors. “Our marriage is stronger than ever,” he said in May after the press speculated that he was at odds with the economy minister, Paulo Guedes. “The marriage ended with no hard feelings,” he said this month after sacking Carlos Alberto dos Santos Cruz, a minister who had said that others in government should be more careful on social media—thus outraging Bolsonaro fans who tweet about the virtues of military rule and the horrors of homosexuality.
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Saturday, June 22nd 2019 - 08:56 UTC
Brazilian evangelical pastor and husband of a lawmaker killed by two of 51 adopted children

Police in Brazil suspects an evangelical pastor, the husband of a prominent federal lawmaker, was shot dead this week by two of their 55 children following an extramarital “betrayal,” according to news reports on Friday.
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Friday, June 21st 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Bolsonaro returns indigenous land claims to the Ministry of Agriculture

Right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro issued a new decree putting decisions on indigenous land claims in the hands of the Ministry of Agriculture, four weeks after Congress rebuffed him on the move that is sought by Brazil’s farm lobby.
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Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Bolsonaro insists with private savings accounts for the pensions' reform

Brazil’s congressional committee on pension reform began debating a revised bill, as president Jair Bolsonaro urged lawmakers to rethink their move to drop his plan to introduce a retirement system based on private savings accounts.
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