Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Wednesday, January 5th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Bolsonaro dodges surgery but stays hospitalized

  

  Physicians treating Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday ruled out a new surgery and said the patient was recovering from yet another intestinal obstruction which required an emergency hospitalization earlier this week.

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 22:52 UTC

  Bolsonaro hospitalized – emergency surgery not ruled out yet

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was rushed to a hospital in the early hours of Monday with severe abdominal pain, which appeared to be a relapse in his intestine condition stemming from a 2018 stab wound while campaigning for the presidency. It has not been ruled out new surgery might be required.

• Friday, December 31st 2021 - 09:26 UTC

  Bolsonaro under criticism for turning down Argentine aid

  

  Brazilian opposition leaders Thursday criticized President Jair Bolsonao's decision to reject humanitarian aid offered by Argentina to assist the victims of the floods in the state of Bahia, where 24 people have died and over 91,000 other have been displaced from their homes.

• Thursday, December 30th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil's government turns down humanitarian aid from Argentina to Bahia

  

  Brazil's Federal Government has denied access into the country to humanitarian aid offered from Argentina to help the victims of the lethal rainfall in the northern state of Bahia, it was reported Wednesday.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro criticized for being on holiday amid Bahia rainfall crisis

  

  Brazilian opposition lawmakers Tuesday voiced their disapproval of President Jair Bolsonaro being on holiday for New Year's Jubileum while the state of Bahia was still trying to recover from the lethal consequences of unprecedented storms which have left some 20 people dead after other victims have died after the weekend and thousands remained evacuated from their homes.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil: Bolsonaro insists his daughter will not be jabbed

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Monday insisted his 11-year-old daughter will not be taking any COVID-19 vaccine.

• Thursday, December 23rd 2021 - 20:03 UTC

  Eduardo Bolsonaro says “Bolivarian Chile” to follow Venezuela's path

  

  Brazilian Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of President Jair Bolsonaro, has heralded that once President-elect Gabriel Boric takes office, “Chile will now follow a similar path to that of Venezuela” and admitted he favored far-right candidate José Antonio Kast.

• Wednesday, December 22nd 2021 - 19:10 UTC

  Brazil: Deforestation in protected areas up 79% under Bolsonaro

  

  A report by the Socioenvironmental Institute (ISA) released Wednesday has shown a 138% increase in degradation in indigenous lands and 130% in Conservation Units, (CUs) compared to three years before President Jair Bolsonaro took office.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Lula-Alckmin ticket more likely after dinner with anti-Bolsonarists

  

  Former political rivals Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva and Geraldo Alckmin Sunda had dinner and agreed to join forces to drive incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro out of the Planalto Palace in next year's elections.

• Saturday, December 18th 2021 - 09:57 UTC

  Uruguay does not sign joint declaration at Mercosur Summit

  

  Uruguay stood out for its dissenting stance at the 59th Summit of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) Friday after President Luis Lacalle Pou refused to sign a joint declaration.