Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Wednesday, June 5th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazil: Amazon rainforest deforestation advancing at its fastest rate during May

  

  Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil sped up in May to the fastest rate in a decade, according to data from an early-warning satellite system, as experts pointed to activity by illegal loggers encouraged by the easing of environmental protections under President Jair Bolsonaro.

• Friday, May 31st 2019 - 22:18 UTC

  Thousands of students and teachers took to the streets of Brazil to protest bugget cuts

  

  Thousands of protesters took to the streets in dozens of cities in Brazil on Thursday for a second nationwide demonstration in as many weeks over the government's plan to slash education spending.

• Thursday, May 30th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Bill to weaken environmental protection of the Amazon forest fails in Brazilian congress

  

  An attempt by Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and lawmakers backed by big agriculture to weaken environmental laws protecting the Amazon forest and other biomes has failed, as Congress will not vote into law a decree that weakened existing legislation.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  Bolsonaro begins to master negotiations with Congress with a timely victory

  

  Brazil’s Senate on Tuesday voted to approve right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro’s decree to revamp the executive branch, averting a potential crisis that had sown doubt about his ability to obtain the congressional backing he needs to push through legislation.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 09:13 UTC

  Federal Judge concludes president Bolsonaro's attacker suffers from mental health

  

  A man who stabbed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during his campaign last September suffers from mental health issues, a federal judge has concluded. Judge Bruno Savino ruled on Monday that Adélio Bispo de Oliveira was not fully aware of his actions at the time and cannot be jailed over the incident.

• Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 09:10 UTC

  Brazilian prison gang leaders moved to maximum security jails

  

  Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro said on Tuesday that the prison gang leaders responsible for killing 55 inmates in prisons across the northern city of Manaus will be moved to maximum security federal jails.

• Tuesday, May 28th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Brazil's Guedes insists he will step down if the pensions reform is not approved by Congress

  

  Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes threatened to step down if his ambitious plans to overhaul the country’s social security system are watered down and diluted into what he called a “little reform.”

• 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.”