Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Senatorial Committee calls for indictment of Brazilian President for how he handled the COVID-19 crisis

  

  Brazil's Senatorial Committee (CPI) investigating President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic Tuesday recommended the head of state be prosecuted for “crimes against humanity” and that he is denied access to social media for having spread false information about the disease.

• Wednesday, October 27th 2021 - 09:53 UTC

  Brazil envisions plans to cut down Amazon deforestation while developing other activities in the rainforest

  

  Brazil's Ministry of Agriculture estimated this week 1 million hectares per year will suffer deforestation until the year 2030, despite Vice President Hamilton Mourão's announcement Monday that plans to avoid it would be announced at the upcoming 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP-26) in Glasgow.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Brazilian President says COVID-19 vax and HIV go hand in hand

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro had a video posting removed from Facebook after the social media administrators labelled it as “fake news” for linking COVID-19 vaccination to AIDS' HIV.

• Monday, October 25th 2021 - 22:03 UTC

  Fuel goes up in Brazil amid international surge in crude oil

  

  Brazil's oil company Petrobras Monday decreed an increase in the price of gasoline of 7.04% at refineries and 9.15% in the case of diesel fuel, it was announced. These adjustments were to impact the price consumers pay at pumps as of Tuesday.

• Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazilian financial markets get shaky after Bolsonaro insists on increasing social spending

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Friday insisted he would not take any adventurous steps as he expressed his full support for Economy Minister Paulo Guedes amidst a rocking financial market.

• Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  Brazil's Guedes pushing for higher interest rates to contain inflation

  

  Brazilian orthodox Economy minister Paulo Guedes has not resigned and has no intention of resigning despite the fact he will have to live with the exceptional expenditure of some 45bn Reais, as part of the Auxilio Brazil support program for vulnerable families and president Jair Bolsonaro's 2022 reelection plan.

• Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Brazil's Economy Minister shakes markets with unexpected announcement

  

  Economy Minister Paulo Guedes' announcements Thursday shook Brazilian markets after the official admitted he might not meet the public spending ceiling.

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Brazil's CPI finds Bolsonaro should face 10 criminal charges for his handling of the COVID-19 crisis

  

  Brazilian Senator Renan Calheiros, rapporteur of the Upper House's Parliamentarian Commission (CPI) investigating President Jair Bolsonaro for his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wednesday announced 10 criminal charges were to be filed against the head of state.

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  China deals blow to Brazilian economy by holding import ban on meat

  

  China's decision to uphold a ban on meat imports from Brazil means US $ 450 million less for the coffers of President Jair Bolsonaro's administration, it was reported Wednesday. It was also good news for Uruguay.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Presidents Duque and Bolsonaro show mutual understanding during Brasilia meeting

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday welcomed his Colombian counterpart Iván Duque in Brasilia to discuss bilateral issues as well as a joint agenda ahead of the COP-26 environmental summit next month in Glasgow.