Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Trump after a trade deal with Brazil, but Brasilia says any tariffs agreements must include Mercosur members

  

  President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will pursue a U.S. trade agreement with Brazil, suggesting a friendly relationship with President Jair Bolsonaro could help lower trade barriers between the two biggest economies in the Americas.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Bolsonaro questions credibility of a truth commission that investigated human rights abuses under the military dictatorship

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday questioned the credibility of a truth commission that investigated human rights abuses under the country's military dictatorship, suggesting it was politically influenced by the left. 

• Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Bolsonaro says no “strong evidence” that a tribal chief found dead in the Amazon was murdered

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday there is no “strong evidence” that a tribal chief found dead in the Amazon was murdered, as police probe the killing in the remote region.

• Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Killing of Brazilian indigenous leader under federal investigation

  

  Brazilian federal authorities are investigating the alleged murder of a leader from the aboriginal Waiãpi tribe at Mariry, a village in the Amapá region as conflicts between explorers and indigenous communities are on the rise.

• Monday, July 29th 2019 - 11:58 UTC

  Brazil gold miners invade remote reserve in the Amazon and kill a tribal leader

  

  Heavily armed gold miners have invaded a remote indigenous reserve in northern Brazil and stabbed to death one of its leaders, officials say. Residents of the village in Amapá state fled in fear and there were concerns violent clashes could erupt if they tried to reclaim the gold-rich land. Police have arrived in the area.

• Monday, July 29th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Bolsonaro clashes with US/Brazilian journalist, whom he describes as “aligned with criminal hackers”

  

  Brazil's president renewed his attacks on journalist Glenn Greenwald over the weekend, raising the possibility of jail a few days after members of his party said the American's Brazil-based internet publication was “aligned with criminal hackers” for reporting the contents of hacked phone conversations involving the current justice minister.

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 10:06 UTC

  China/Brazil meeting: “pragmatism will prevail” anticipate Bolsonaro hard liners

  

  Brazil's foreign minister has made clear that there is no love lost for Beijing on his part, but when he sits down with his Chinese opposite for the first time on Thursday analysts expect pragmatism to prevail.

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Brazil stimulus plan will allow workers to withdraw money from severance fund

  

  Brazil hopes to inject US$ 11.2 billion into its slowing economy after announcing a plan Wednesday to put some extra cash in the pockets of workers. Workers will be allowed to withdraw up to 500 reais (US$ 133) this year and a certain percentage in 2020 from a severance fund that employers are required to pay into.

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Petrobras sells off a majority share of its distribution branch

  

  Brazilian oil giant Petrobras says it’s already sold off its majority share in its fuel distribution branch, and hopes the total sale will raise about US$ 2.5 billion. Petrobras said on Wednesday it now has a 41.25% stake in the Petrobras Distribuidora unit, down from the 70% before the sale started Tuesday.

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:34 UTC

  Bolsonaro and Economy minister cell phones hacked: four suspects arrested

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's cell phones were allegedly targeted by a group of hackers who are also accused of breaching the devices of the investigators in a massive corruption probe, the justice ministry said on Thursday.