Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 09:00 UTC
Brazil president elect party wants to ensure the biggest bloc in the Lower House

Brazil President-elect Jair Bolsonaro's party expects to recruit members from rivals in the Chamber of Deputies to form the biggest bloc with 61 seats, lawmakers said on Wednesday.
Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 09:23 UTC
“Car Wash” anti corruption team will work with Brazil's incoming Justice minister

Brazil's incoming justice and security minister Sergio Moro announced on Tuesday he was recruiting part of his team from the massive “Car Wash” anti-corruption probe that snared former president Lula da Silva. Moro said he would be a “fool” not to work again with people he had worked with on the Car Wash investigation as they “have already proven their integrity and efficiency.”
Monday, November 19th 2018 - 16:36 UTC
Castello Branco to head Petrobras under Bolsonaro

Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro's future Economy Minister Paulo Guedes Monday announced Economist Roberto Castello Branco has accepted the invitation to become the next Petrobras chairman.
Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 20:49 UTC
Orthodox liberal nominated to Brazil's central bank, Roberto Campos Neto

Economist Roberto Campos Neto has accepted an invite to become the head of Brazil's central bank under the government of the incoming president, Jair Bolsonaro, the nation's future economy minister said in a statement on Thursday.
Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 08:57 UTC
Bolsonaro nominates expert in US affairs as Brazil's next foreign minister

Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday named as foreign minister a career diplomat who currently heads the ministry's United States and Canada department. Ernesto Araujo, 51, was an early supporter of the far-right leader, and courted controversy when he referred to members of the left-wing opposition as “terrorists.”
Wednesday, November 14th 2018 - 10:19 UTC
Military “lobby” expected to add a new minister in president elect Bolsonaro's cabinet

Brazil president elect Jair Bolsonaro is expected to name another member of the military group backing him, retired General Oswaldo Ferreira, former head of the army engineers corps, as his Transportation minister in charge of improving Brazil's anemic national infrastructure.
Wednesday, November 14th 2018 - 10:02 UTC
Bolsonaro nominates former General as Brazil's defense minister

Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro appointed retired army General Fernando Azevedo e Silva as defense minister on Tuesday, adding another former military officer to his cabinet while saying that a career foreign service officer may get the top diplomat's job.
Wednesday, November 14th 2018 - 08:26 UTC
Bolsonaro's campaign accounts are under review for possible illegal donations

Brazil’s top electoral authority said it has found irregularities in the campaign accounts of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro and gave him three days to explain. In a document published late Monday, the TSE electoral court described possible campaign donations from illegal sources, donations from unidentified donors and lack of information on how campaign funds were spent, among other issues.
Tuesday, November 13th 2018 - 10:42 UTC
Bolsonaro's economic team incorporates another Chicago orthodox liberal

Joaquim Levy, managing director and World Bank chief financial officer, has been tapped to be the next president of Brazil’s national economic and social development bank BNDES, news advanced to a column in daily O Estado de S. Paulo published on Sunday.
Tuesday, November 13th 2018 - 07:21 UTC
Human Rights Commission blasts Brazil for weak protection of land and gender rights

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Monday expressed concerns about the state and outlook for rights in Brazil, singling out for particular worry some of the signature campaign issues of far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro.