Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 05:27 UTC

  In a trigger-happy incident Brazilian military fire 80 bullets on family car killing one occupant

  

  Brazilian soldiers opened fire on a family driving to a baby shower in Rio de Janeiro, riddling their vehicle with more than 80 bullets and killing one of the occupants, reports said on Monday. Ten army personnel have been arrested over Sunday's incident, which also wounded two others, on suspicion of “failure to comply with rules of engagement”, the military said in a statement.

• Monday, April 8th 2019 - 10:00 UTC

  Bolsonaro's first 100 days: not much to show and but his lack of government experience

  

  President Jair Mesias Bolsonaro decision to mark the symbolic milestone of 100 days in office next Wednesday has come with not few comments: analysts say the euphoria of his October victory that ended decades of centre-left rule is evaporating.

• Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  Bolsonaro argues that Brazil's 1964 coup was really a “democratic regime of force”

  

  Days after celebrating the anniversary of the military coup that led to Brazil's last dictatorship, the government of President Jair Bolsonaro is pushing for a revision of the history curriculum for the country's schools.

• Friday, April 5th 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  Brazilian markets react positively on hopes of progress on pension reform

  

  Most Latin American stock markets and currencies rose on Thursday, with assets in Brazil gaining on hopes of smooth progress on pension reform. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro met fellow politicians in a bid to build support to pass his government's proposal to reform the country's bloated pension system, seen by investors as crucial to trim Brazil's wide fiscal deficit.

• Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 09:21 UTC

  Weapons makers encouraged with the Brazilian market by pro-gun Bolsonaro

  

  With its high murder rate and huge armed forces, Brazil has long been in the cross-hairs of foreign weapons makers. Now they have a powerful champion: pro-gun President Jair Bolsonaro. The right-wing former army captain, who relaxed gun ownership laws soon after taking power in January, has raised hopes among foreign firms that his next move will be easing investment restrictions on Brazil's 200 billion reais (US$55 billion) defense sector.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 10:00 UTC

  Hundreds protest on Sunday in Brazilian cities: “dictatorship never again”

  

  Hundreds of protesters chanting “dictatorship never again” took to the streets of Brazil's capital on Sunday for the 55th anniversary of the coup that established more than two decades of military rule.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 06:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro becomes first head of state to visit the Western Wall with an Israeli premier

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro visited the Western Wall alongside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, becoming the first head of state to do so with an Israeli premier. The visit came after Bolsonaro, sworn in as Brazil's president on January 1, arrived for a three-day trip to Israel on Sunday.

• Monday, April 1st 2019 - 08:44 UTC

  Petrobras interested in tendering to explore for oil and gas offshore Israel

  

  Brazilian state-run oil firm Petrobras is considering bidding in a new tender to explore for oil and gas offshore Israel, a leading Israeli financial news website reported on Sunday. Calcalist reported that a final decision could be announced during a four-day visit to Israel by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that began on Sunday.

• Monday, April 1st 2019 - 08:40 UTC

  Brazil will open a “business office” in Jerusalem; signs several agreements with Israel

  

  Brazil's Foreign Ministry formally announced on Sunday it will open a “business office” in Jerusalem, backtracking on President Jair Bolsonaro's promise to move his country's embassy to Jerusalem.

• Monday, April 1st 2019 - 06:20 UTC

  Brazilian armed forces paid tribute to the 1964 coup, soberly, despite Bolsonaro's encouragement

  

  Brazil's armed forces on Sunday paid tribute to a 1964 coup leading to a two-decade dictatorship, after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who argues that military intervention saved the country from communism, reversed an 8-year-ban on celebrations.