Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:51 UTC
Brazil ready to provide humanitarian aid to Venezuela through Roraima

Venezuelan opposition envoy Maria Teresa Belandria was received as her country’s official ambassador in Brazil on Monday and said Brazil’s government would provide all possible support to get humanitarian aid to the border.
Monday, February 11th 2019 - 07:34 UTC
Bolsonaro recovering from pneumonia, thanks Brazilians for their prayers and ministers for helping lead the country

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has beaten fever caused by pneumonia after his abdominal surgery two weeks ago, his hospital said on Saturday. The president, 63, “has no fever and has made good clinical and post-operative progress,” Albert Einstein Jewish Hospital in Sao Paulo said in its daily update.
Saturday, February 9th 2019 - 07:12 UTC
Bolsonaro medical condition improving but will still remain some time in hospital

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has no fever or pain and is quickly overcoming a bout of pneumonia, signs that his medical condition is improving, spokesman General Otavio Rego Barros said on Friday.
Friday, February 8th 2019 - 08:22 UTC
Bolsonaro recovering from intestinal surgery but has caught pneumonia

Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has pneumonia after registering a fever during a hospital stay, but a tweet on the far-right leader’s Twitter profile on Thursday said he was “well.”Bolsonaro had an operation on Jan. 28 to remove a colostomy bag that was put in place after he was stabbed while campaigning ahead of Brazil’s election last year.
Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 09:19 UTC
Lula, in a new corruption conviction is sentenced to another 13 years in prison

A Brazilian court on Wednesday handed a near 13-year sentence to Lula da Silva, in a new corruption conviction for the former president already serving a lengthy jail term in a separate case.
Wednesday, February 6th 2019 - 08:54 UTC
Bolsonaro remains in semi intensive care unit, with no discharge date

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s medical condition has improved, with no fever, but he remains in semi-intensive care with visits restricted and there is no date set for him to leave the hospital, his spokesman, Otavio de Rego Barros said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 09:29 UTC
Bolsonaro ally to lead the Senate, but his negotiating capacity have yet to be tested

The Brazilian Senate elected a pro-government lawmaker as their chief, potentially boosting President Jair Bolsonaro’s reform agenda but also leaving the administration’s strength in the upper house in question. Bolsonaro congratulated Davi Alcolumbre, saying his challenge is to act on Brazilian voters’ desire for change.
Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 09:07 UTC
European allies bend to join 'gringo empire' approach

The decision to promote Juan Guaidó as a rival president to Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela was clearly made in Washington, not in Caracas. The speed with which U.S. allies in the Americas and western Europe recognised Guaidó’s claim on Jan. 23 to be the legitimate president of Venezuela would not have been possible without a lot of prior coordination — and a lot of pressure by the Trump administration.
Tuesday, February 5th 2019 - 08:49 UTC
Bolsonaro in semi-intensive care and treated with broad spectrum antibiotics

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was in semi-intensive care in hospital on Monday following abdominal surgery and was set to stay in the hospital at least another week, his office said. Concerns of potential infection meant the medical team wanted more time to monitor the far-right leader, 63, after the operation a week ago to remove a colostomy bag, the office said.
Monday, February 4th 2019 - 08:57 UTC
GM plans to invest US$ 2.5bn over three years in Brazil in return for tax breaks

Automaker General Motors Co is in talks to invest 9 billion reais (US$ 2.5 billion) in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo over the next three years in return for tax incentives, newspaper Valor Economico has reported.