Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2024 - 20:56 UTC

  Lula soothes his links to the Lower House

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva discussed his meeting last Sunday at the Alvorada Palace with House Speaker Arthur Lira over breakfast with reporters in Brasilia Tuesday morning saying that their differences were normal.

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• Monday, April 22nd 2024 - 12:38 UTC

  Copacabana packed with Bolsonarist demonstrators defending free speech from De Moraes

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro took center stage Sunday during a major demonstration in Rio de Janeiro to defend the country from the attacks on freedom of expression by Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes and many officials from the Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva administration. In addition to those of Brazil, many Israeli flags were displayed.

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• Monday, April 8th 2024 - 21:38 UTC

  Musk's social platform to disregard Brazilian Court's orders to suspend users posting alleged fake news?

  

  Business mogul Elon Musk, owner of the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has taken on Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes for wanting to censor content spread via the internet. “Why are you demanding so much censorship in Brazil?,” Musk asked the magistrate.

• Thursday, April 4th 2024 - 23:43 UTC

  Brazil: Travelers from US, Australia, and Canada will need a visa starting next week

  

  Holders of US, Australian, and Canadian passports will be required a tourist visa to enter Brazil by air, land, or sea, effective next Wednesday (April 10), Agencia Brasil reported. Under Decree 11.875/2024, the initial Jan. 10 deadline was extended for three months to avoid the negative consequences for Brazil's tourism industry during peak season.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2024 - 20:07 UTC

  Bolsonaro lawsuit against Lula dismissed

  

  A court in Brasilia on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit filed by former President Jair Bolsonaro and his wife Michelle, demanding that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva retract his statements that furniture was missing from the Alvorada Palace when he returned there last January. The Bolsonaros had also requested R$20,000 (US$3,953) in damages.

• Saturday, March 30th 2024 - 11:33 UTC

  Datafloha: About 55% of Brazilians think Bolsonaro tried to stage a coup d'état

  

  According to a Datafolha survey released Friday by Folha de S.Paulo, 55% of Brazilians believe former President Jair Bolsonaro wanted to stage a coup d'état whereas 39% of those interviewed thought the retired Army captain never had such intentions. In addition, 7% of respondents were unable to answer that question.

• Tuesday, March 26th 2024 - 11:00 UTC

  Why did Bolsonaro spend two nights at Hungary's Embassy in Brasilia?

  

  Brazil's Federal Police (PF) are investigating why former President Jair Bolsonaro spent two nights at Hungary's Embassy last month, a fact that was disclosed by The New York Times, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, March 19th 2024 - 18:35 UTC

  Police indict Bolsonaro in vaccine certification fraud probe

  

  Brazil's Federal Police (PF) Tuesday indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly forging his Covid-19 vaccination records. The case now goes to the Public Prosecutor's Office for a final decision on whether or not to press formal charges against the former head of state, his then aide-de-camps Lieutenant Colonel Mauro Cid, and Congressman Gutemberg Reis as well as 14 other people listed in the investigation.

• Monday, March 18th 2024 - 18:57 UTC

  Lula says Brazil was “abandoned” under Bolsonaro

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Monday that his country was “abandoned” by the government before his and, therefore, “much remains to be done,” Agencia Brasil reported.

• Saturday, March 16th 2024 - 10:00 UTC

  Former military chief admits Bolsonaro approached him to stage a coup d'état

  

  Former Brazilian Army Chief Marco Antonio Freire Gomes admitted Friday before Federal Police investigators that he had been approached by then-President Jair Bolsonaro to explore the possibility of overturning the outcome of the 2022 elections through military actions.