Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Friday, November 26th 2021 - 09:54 UTC

  Macron's support for Lula “a provocation” says Bolsonaro

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said that Former President Luiz Inácio Lulas Da Silva being received by France's head of state Emmanuel Macron last week was a “provocation.”

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Presidents of Brazil and Paraguay meet in Brasilia but reach no agreement on Itaipú rates

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday did not concede an iota of what his Paraguayan counterpart Mario Abdo Benítez was seeking during a bilateral Summit in Brasilia to discuss Annex C of the Itaipú agreement regarding fees.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 19:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro booed and applauded upon receiving medal from Brazil's Lower House

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has been granted the Lower House's Medal of Legislative Merit Wednesday together with other world personalities amid kudos and boos alike.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

  Bolsonaro favors reviewing Petrobras' formula to adjust price of fuel

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday said he intended to have Petrobras' international parity system reviewed, although he fell short of disclosing how he planned to go about it.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2021 - 05:19 UTC

  Brazil's STF rules in favor of Bolsonaro holding social media accounts

  

  Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) has ordered President Jair Bolsonaro's profiles on social media be kept active despite a motion from some Senators who wanted him banned for spreading what they said were “fake news” about the coronavirus.

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2021 - 08:54 UTC

  “Argentine Bolsonaro” not quite so after taking second dose of Covid-19 vax

  

  Far-right Deputy-elect Javier Milei, whom many had likened to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, has been pictured taking what turned out to be his second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, very much to the disappointment of his constituency who had hoped the soon-to-be MP would become a defender against a possible drive to make vaccination compulsory.

• Monday, November 22nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Brazil: Lula wants to return to power but it's not up to just him

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has explained in an interview published over the weekend that he wants to return to power “so that people can eat three times a day.”

• Saturday, November 20th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro says Amazon crisis “same old nonsense”

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Friday said the Amazon desertification alert was “the same old nonsense” and blamed the opposition for those reports which were aimed at denting the country's image and scaring away investors.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 09:09 UTC

  STF ruling compels Bolsonaro gov't to account for malnourished Yanomami children

  

  Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Luís Roberto Barroso Wednesday gave President Jair Bolsonaro's administration five days to rectify the situation of malnourished Yanomami deprived of medical care, portrayed in a TV show over this past weekend.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Bolsonaro gov't wants Elon Musk to supply internet access to Amazon region

  

  Negotiations between Brazil's Government and entrepreneur Elon Musk to make the internet available to people in the Amazon region were announced Wednesday.