Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• 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.”

• 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.