Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• 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.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  Four people arrested in Brazil for hacking ministers and judges' phones

  

  Brazil's federal police arrested four people for allegedly hacking the phone of Justice Minister Sérgio Moro, a key member of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's Cabinet who had previously been a renowned anti-corruption judge.

• Wednesday, July 24th 2019 - 10:05 UTC

  Bolsonaro plans to visit China and Arab countries next October

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro plans a round of official foreign visits in late October, including to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and China, the government said on Tuesday.

• 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.

• Monday, July 22nd 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Bolsonaro again criticizes the state agency monitoring the Amazon forest

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro again criticized a state agency that monitors the Amazon, saying on Sunday that its latest report on increased deforestation damages Brazil’s reputation amid what he says is an “environmental psychosis” overseas about environmental protection in South America’s biggest nation.