Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Monday, September 12th 2022 - 19:17 UTC

  Bolsonaro plans to attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro confirmed he will be attending Queen Elizabeth II's funeral next Monday in London, from where he will fly straight to New York for the United Nations General Assembly the following day. Traditionally, the Brazilian president's speech opens the conference.

• Monday, September 12th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Bolsonaro not allowed to use Independence Day celebrations for political gain

  

  Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Benedito Goncalves partially granted a petition from former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva requesting incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro be banned from using images of the September 7 celebrations for his own political campaign ahead of next month's elections.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 17:09 UTC

  Lula likens Bolsonaro's Independence Day ceremony to the Ku Kux Klan

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva likened the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro's Independence Day parade (Sept. 7) to a Ku Klux Klan show in which the current head of state just “lacked the hood.”

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Trump shows full support for Bolsonaro ahead of elections

  

  Former US President Donald Trump expressed his full support for the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's elections to be held next month, because he “is a wonderful man and has my complete and total endorsement.”

• Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Brazil's Bicentennial Celebrations: Bolsonaro says he will defeat evil

  

  Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday presided over the festivities marking the 200th Anniversary of Brazil's Independence from Portugal and seized the opportunity to fire a verbal diatribe against Workers' Party (PT) leader Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva. whom he shall face in next month's elections.

• Wednesday, September 7th 2022 - 19:09 UTC

  Putin congratulates Bolsonaro on Brazil's Bicentennial

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday congratulated his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on the 200th anniversary of the South American country's Declaration of Independence from Portugal.

• Tuesday, September 6th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazil changes law regarding female voluntary sterilization

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed into law the bill lowering from 25 to 21 years the minimum age for voluntary sterilization, also allowing women to undergo the procedure right after giving birth, it was published Monday in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette).

• Saturday, September 3rd 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Bolsonaro regrets attack against CFK despite personal differences

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said he regretted Thursday's assassination attempt on Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) despite his personal disliking of her.

• Friday, September 2nd 2022 - 18:52 UTC

  Bolsonaro guilty of crimes against humanity for COVID-19 measures

  

  The Rome-based Permanent Peoples' Tribunal (PPT) found Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro guilty of crimes against humanity and Human Rights violations for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 19:18 UTC

  Boric hopes LatAm would not tolerate a coup in Brazil if Bolsonaro loses

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Thursday said he hoped Latin America would stage a “joint reaction” if a coup d'état takes place in next month's presidential elections in Brazil.