Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Friday, December 28th 2018 - 09:12 UTC

  Netanyahu will visit president elect Bolsonaro this Friday in Rio

  

  Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has left on a historic six-day trip to Brazil, the first ever visit the largest Latin American country made by a sitting premier of the Jewish state. Besides boosting diplomatic and economic ties between the two countries, Netanyahu is scheduled to hold a one-to-one meeting with president-elect Jair Bolsonaro this Friday in Rio de Janeiro.

• Thursday, December 27th 2018 - 09:20 UTC

  Brazil opens 100% ownership of Brazilian airlines to foreign investors

  

  Outgoing President Michel Temer issued an executive order that allows foreign groups to own 100% of a Brazilian airline. Previously, non-Brazilians were limited to 20% of shares. The decision occurs in the midst of a bankruptcy proceeding filed by Avianca Brasil.

• Thursday, December 27th 2018 - 05:19 UTC

  Natanyahu will not be attending Bolsonaro's inauguration, reports O'Globo

  

  Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will cut a visit to Brazil short, skipping incoming President Jair Bolsonaro’s inauguration.

• Wednesday, December 26th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  Bolsonaro after Israel technology to water the parched northeast

  

  Brazil's president-elect Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday said he wants an agreement with Israel to build desalination plants in the parched north where droughts are frequent. In a message on Twitter, Bolsonaro, who is to take office on Jan. 1, said his appointed Science and Technology Minister Marcos Pontes will travel to Tel Aviv in January to meet with his Israeli counterpart over the matter.

• Monday, December 24th 2018 - 13:18 UTC

  Bolsonaro adds Nicaraguans to the list of unwanted guests for his inauguration

  

  Brazil's Presdient-elect Jair Bolsonaro will not welcome any Nicaraguan delegation at the inauguration ceremony in Brasilia on January 1, his future Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo announced on Twitter.

• Friday, December 21st 2018 - 11:58 UTC

  Prosecutors waiting for Temer when he steps down accused of “institutionalized corruption”

  

  Brazil's attorney general has accused President Michele Temer of sitting at the center of “an institutionalized system of corruption” and has asked the courts to charge him with crimes as soon as he leaves office at the year's end.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 19:43 UTC

  Mercosur leaders agreed on need for reforms in the midst of Bolsonaro's threat to leave

  

  The presidents of all Mercosur member and associate countries gathered Tuesday in Montevideo for a summit to redefine the bloc's future, in light of recent statements from Brazil's future government that the region will not be among the priorities of Jair Bolsonaro when he becomes president on January 1.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 09:25 UTC

  Bolsonaro disinvites Venezuelan and Cuban presidents to his swearing in

  

  The Brazilian Foreign Ministry on Monday confirmed that it had called off invitations sent to Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel and his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro, for the inauguration of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, local media reported.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 09:00 UTC

  Brazil's GDP expected to rise 2% in 2019, says farmers' lobby CNA

  

  Brazil's agriculture gross domestic product is expected to rise 2% year-on-year in 2019, compared to a forecasted drop of 1.6% this year, farmer’s union CNA said. CNA laid out an optimistic view for 2019 with positive outlooks for Brazil’s economy and agriculture policy.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2018 - 07:48 UTC

  Evo to attend Bolsonaro's inauguration in Brasilia Jan. 1

  

  Bolivia's President Evo Morales will attend the inauguration of Brazil's new president, Jair Bolsonaro, on January 1 in Brasilia, Foreign Minister Diego Pary announced Monday.