Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 09:34 UTC
Latam Airlines expected to have a 51% controlling interest in Latam Brazil

Chile’s LATAM Airlines Group SA has asked Brazil’s antitrust regulator Cade to boost its voting stake in LATAM Airlines Brazil to 51%, formalizing a controlling interest in Brazil’s No. 2 airline that for years it was unable to achieve because of local restrictions.
Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 08:25 UTC
Bolsonaro fires head of president's office: “difference of opinion on important issues”

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday fired one of his most senior aides and cabinet members, Gustavo Bebianno, amid a scandal involving campaign financing for some of his party's congressional candidates. Bebianno was secretary general of the president's office.
Monday, February 18th 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Bolsonaro learning the hard way: family and politics don't mix

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, one of his politician sons and his ultraconservative party were embroiled in a crisis on Sunday over a campaign finance scandal threatening the leader's anti-corruption image. The 63-year-old far-right president, who is just six weeks into his mandate, spoke with top officials in his government on Friday and Saturday to try to draw a line under the affair, after key allies turned on him.
Friday, February 15th 2019 - 10:03 UTC
“Call the kids to work for a unified government”, Brazilian vice-president tells president Jair Bolsonaro

Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Thursday that the president will have to rein in his sons after one of them called a minister a liar on social media, exacerbating tensions in a new government dealing with its first big cabinet scandal.
Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 08:37 UTC
Bolsonaro back in Brasilia: government should get moving again

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro left hospital on Wednesday, ending a 17-day hiatus at the helm of Latin America's biggest economy during which several high-profile political issues were put on the backburner.
Wednesday, February 13th 2019 - 09:35 UTC
Growing concerns in Brazil about a power vacuum and cabinet bickering

Brazil is going through a rudderless period as President Jair Bolsonaro lies in a hospital bed following stomach surgery, with high-priority political issues such as pension reform on the backburner until he recovers, analysts and observers say. The limbo, which has lasted more than two weeks, might finally be coming to an end this week, according to reports.
Wednesday, February 13th 2019 - 09:26 UTC
Brazilian minister blasted for ignoring as “irrelevant” an icon of Amazon environmentalist

Brazilian environmental groups on Tuesday blasted President Jair Bolsonaro's environment minister after he dismissed the murdered Amazon rain forest defender Chico Mendes as “irrelevant.”
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.