Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Monday, May 27th 2019 - 06:03 UTC

  Bolsonaro supporters take to the streets of Brazil to blame “satanic” congress for not approving reforms

  

  Thousands of supporters of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro took to the streets across Brazil on Sunday in a protest seen as a gauge of the embattled leader's popularity only five months into his term.

• Saturday, May 18th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Brazilian economy flirting with economy: “we are at the bottom of the well” says minister Guedes

  

  Feeble growth forecasts and waning confidence in President Jair Bolsonaro sent Brazil's stocks and currency to their lowest level of the year this week, as analysts warned of further falls.

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Bolsonaro calls protesting students in the streets, “useful idiots and imbeciles”

  

  Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in cities across Brazil on Wednesday to rally against education spending freezes in the biggest demonstrations yet against President air Bolsonaro, who called marchers “useful idiots and imbeciles.”

• Friday, May 17th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro defends his accused son and tells prosecutors and the media to go after him

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday accused Brazilian prosecutors and the media of targeting his son in a corruption probe as an attempt to damage his administration, challenging critics to ”come at me.''

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  Massive students and teachers protests across 17 of 27 Brazilian states

  

  Students and teachers from hundreds of universities and colleges across Brazil began a nationwide demonstration on Wednesday in “defense of education” following a raft of budget cuts announced by President Jair Bolsonaro's government.

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 08:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro's presence in Dallas triggers controversy with calls to “disinvite” the Brazilian leader

  

  The World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth has not been deterred by activists’ and local leaders’ calls to disinvite Brazil’s controversial president, Jair Bolsonaro, from a speaking event on Thursday. Bolsonaro will be accompanied by a cadre of Brazilian politicians and will meet with business executives from across Texas, the U.S. and Brazil, said Jim Falk, the council branch’s president and CEO.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Corruption investigation: Court allows investigation of Bolsonaro son's banking records

  

  A Brazilian court will allow investigators to examine the banking records of President Jair Bolsonaro's senator son and his former driver in a money-laundering investigation.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  Brazilian chief Raoni on a European tour to counter growing threats to Amazon

  

  Brazil's legendary indigenous chief Raoni arrived in Paris on Sunday for the start of a three-week tour across Europe where he will meet heads of state, celebrities and the Pope to highlight growing threats to the Amazon.

• Friday, May 10th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Brazil confident of a Mercosur/EU trade accord in coming weeks

  

  The European Union and Mercosur will likely close a trade agreement in the near future, Brazil’s Foreign Trade Secretary Lucas Ferraz said in an interview with Bloomberg. “We’ve never been so close,” Ferraz said adding, “we’ve advanced more in four months than in 20 years”.

• Friday, May 10th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Brazilian Lower House committee challenges Bolsonaro and Justice Minister Moro

  

  Brazilian lawmakers dealt a blow to the country's graft-busting Justice Minister Sergio Moro on Thursday, when a congressional committee voted to transfer a key tool for monitoring financial transactions to the recently formed Economy Ministry.