Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 19:04 UTC

  Bolsonaro to skip Lula's inauguration?

  

  Contradicting press reports are piling up in Brasilia as to the future of outgoing President Jair Bolsonaro after Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva takes office on Jan. 1.

• Monday, December 26th 2022 - 20:38 UTC

  Bolsonaro supporter arrested for pushing for military coup in Brazil

  

  A President Jair Bolsonaro follower was arrested during the weekend for planning an attack to prevent President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva from taking office on Jan. 1.

• Saturday, December 10th 2022 - 10:19 UTC

  Brazilian President makes first public appearance in almost two months

  

  In one of his first appearances after losing the Oct. 30 runoff, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Friday praised the Armed Forces Friday and called on his fellow countrypeople to stand together against President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whom he never congratulated on his win.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Brazil behind in contributions to global agencies

  

  The transition team leading Brazil from the current Jair Bolsonaro administration to the one headed by former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva due to take office on Jan. 1 Wednesday announced that the South American country was some US$ 1 billion behind with its payments to international organizations.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Bolsonaro will not participate in Lula's taking office ceremony; who will deliver the presidential sash?

  

  Outgoing Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has informed his immediate advisors and followers that he will not be participating in the January first taking office ceremony of president-elect Lula da Silva. “It has been 100% decided, there's no going back”, was the message from the conservative leader.

• Monday, December 5th 2022 - 10:32 UTC

  Brazil’s football shirt was a Bolsonaro symbol, but the World Cup is changing that

  

  By Felipe Tirado (*) – Like many extremist and authoritarian leaders before him, outgoing Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro seized on national symbols during his rise to power and tried to make them his own. The national football shirt is a case in point. For years many Brazilians avoided wearing the famous yellow shirt because of its association with Bolsonaro and far-right politics.

• Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Bolsonaro's party officially questions outcome of elections

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's Liberal Party (PL) called for a partial annulment of the Oct. 30 elections whereby the opposition candidate and former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT)was chosen to return to the Planalto Palace on Jan. 1.

• Thursday, November 17th 2022 - 19:14 UTC

  Important progress ahead under Lula, Argentine Ambassador foresees

  

  Former Vice President and current Argentina's Ambassador to Brazil Daniel Scioli said this week that once President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva takes office on Jan. 1 there will be “very important advances” in bilateral relations.

• Monday, November 14th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Deforestation in Brazilian Amazon hits record highs

  

  Brazil's Amazon lost 903.8 square kilometers of forest during the month of October of 2022, which is tantamount to 3% more than in the same period last year, the National Institute of Special Research (INPE) reported during the weekend.

• Saturday, November 12th 2022 - 10:21 UTC

  Brazil's Armed Forces to abide by Constitution during transition

  

  Brazil's Armed Forces have issued a statement underlining their rejection of President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters, who gathered in front of military barracks after the Oct. 30 runoff demanding a military uprising allegedly in defense of the Constitution since they claimed Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's victory had been through fraud.