Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• 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.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine minister Cafiero collects more “ignorant” expletives

  

  Lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, openly replied to Argentine foreign minister Santiago Cafiero, who had called him ignorant after Bolsonaro Jr criticized the judicial situation of Argentine vice-president Cristina Fernandez for whom federal prosecution is requesting twelve years of imprisonment on charges of corruption and benefitting with public works distribution.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Bolsonaro makes promises for next year

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday says he would readjust the salary of civil servants in 2023, although, to do that beyond January 1, he would have to be reelected in October.