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Montevideo, March 14th 2026 - 12:51 UTC

Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

  • Wednesday, June 1st 2022 - 10:51 UTC

    Six new bodies rise Pernambuco death toll to 106

    There are still 10 people missing and bad weather is forecast to continue

    Brazilian rescue agents have retrieved six more bodies of people who lost their lives during last week's severe rainstorms in the northeastern state of Pernambuco, thus rising to death toll to 106, Agencia Brasil reported Tuesday. Ten others remain listed as “missing.”

  • Tuesday, May 31st 2022 - 10:52 UTC

    Elimination of a “Brazil cost” item represents a further 1,5 percentage point reduction in tariffs

    The Ministry of Economy hopes that importers will then pay 10% when entering the country, below the Mercosur External Common Tariff is currently at 11.6%

    The Brazilian government is drafting a presidential decree to change tax revenue mechanisms, which the economic team argues it will lead to a 1.5 percentage point reduction in the rates levied on all imported products. This is part of president Bolsonaro's administration policy of (gradually) opening the Brazilian economy to foreign competition.

  • Monday, May 30th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

    Bolsonaro going to Pernambuco as death toll from storms keeps rising

    The Recife tragedy comes two and a half months after rainfall killed more than 230 people in Petrópolis

    Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday announced he would be traveling first thing Monday to Recife to see for himself the devastation caused by yet another rainstorm in the country's northeast, which has left at least 84 dead, and over 50 missing as figures are updated constantly.

  • Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

    Bolsonaro says Brazil's role acknowledged by world leaders

    “Look at what is happening in Argentina, in Chile, in Venezuela” who are suffering the consequences of voting for the “wrong candidate,” Bolsonaro underlined

    Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro highlighted his country's importance worldwide following the announcement of a one-on-one meeting with his US colleague Joseph Biden at the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, in addition to his encounter in February with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

  • Friday, May 27th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

    Lula regains decisive advantage over Bolsonaro, survey shows

    Lula is once again poised for a first-round decisive victory after Bolsonaro had narrowed the gap in previous weeks

    Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva is once again on track for a landslide victory at this year's Oct. 2 elections over the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, according to Datafolha's latest survey released Thursday.

  • Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 03:31 UTC

    Bolsonaro angry at YPFB for selling Argentina the gas that was for Brazil

    Unhappy Brazilians forced to pay a higher price for cooking gas will end up voting for you know whom, Bolsonaro feared

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro complained that Bolivia's state-owned oil company Yacimientos Petróliferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB) funneled 30% of the gas that was to be sold to Brazil and sent it to Argentina as a part of an “orchestrated plan” against him and added Petrobras was behind it.

  • Tuesday, May 24th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

    Brazil sacks Petrobras CEO yet again

    Paes would become the fourth Petrobras chairman under President Bolsonaro

    Brazil's Government has replaced yet again the chairman of the state-run oil company Petrobras in which private investors also have a share.

  • Saturday, May 21st 2022 - 08:38 UTC

    Bolsonaro, Musk make joint announcement in Sao Paulo

    The hashtag #BolsonaroMusk became the number 1 trend in Brazil.

    Billionaire Elon Musk and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have agreed to start a strategic partnership ahead of this year's Oct. 2 elections, it was reported.

  • Friday, May 20th 2022 - 09:16 UTC

    Bolsonaro insists monitoring vote counting necessary for Brazilians

    Bolsonaro and De Moraes hate each other but they still follow protocol

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro once again voiced his objections against the country's electronic voting system ahead of the Oct. 2 elections where he will seek another term in office despite every poll heralding he would lose to former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.

  • Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 22:18 UTC

    Bolsonaro files STF complaint against Justice De Moraes

    “Our democracy and our freedom are non-negotiable,” said Bolsonaro Tuesday

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has filed a complaint against Justice Alexandre de Moraes before the very Federal Supreme Court (STF) of which the magistrate is a member for the way he has handled the case known as “digital militias” in which the head of state is under investigation for his alleged involvement in the dissemination of fake news.