Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  “The cancer of Brazil is corruption... democracy is solid rock”, outgoing US ambassador

  

  Outgoing United States ambassador before Brazil, Todd Chapman said in an interview with O Estado de Sao Paulo that the threat of not holding elections in 2022, as expressed by some top officials from the president Jair Bolsonaro administration is not a serious problem. “Democracy is a solid rock in Brazil, the cancer is corruption”.

• Friday, July 23rd 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  New force launched to help fight fires in Brazil's jungles and forests

  

  Brazil's Ministry of Justice and Public Security Thursday announced that more than 6,000 so-called “guardians of the biome” will be deployed for the prevention of repression and investigation of fires in jungles and forests throughout the country.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro announces cabinet reshuffle and casts doubts on his running for a second term as Brazil's president next year

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday announced he was evaluating a cabinet reshuffle and also expressed doubts about running for a new term in office in October 2022.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Brazil: Lula says “stupid” Bolsonaro shall not win 2022 elections

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2011) Tuesday asked current President Jair Bolsonaro to stop being “stupid” and forecast the latter shall not be reelected in October 2022.

• Monday, July 19th 2021 - 08:06 UTC

  Bolsonaro discharged from hospital, will still require outpatient care

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged Sunday from the Vila Nova Star Hospital in São Paulo where he had been admitted four days before to treat an intestinal obstruction linked to the stab wound he sustained during an attack while campaigning for office.

• Saturday, July 17th 2021 - 08:54 UTC

  Brazilian Vice President breaks two-day silence and roots for Bolsonaro's prompt recovery

  

  Brazil's Vice President Hamilton Mourão Friday celebrated the prompt recovery of President Jair Bolsonaro, who is still hospitalized in São Paulo for an intestinal obstruction.

• Friday, July 16th 2021 - 14:32 UTC

  Brazil: Governor of São Paulo tests positive for COVID-19 for the second time

  

  João Doria, Governor of the Brazilian State of São Paulo, has tested yet again positive for Sars-CoV-2, despite having received both doses of the Coronavac immunizer, it was announced.

• Friday, July 16th 2021 - 08:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro averts chances of emergency surgery

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday said from his hospital bed in São Paulo that the chances that he might require to undergo surgery were “very remote.”

• Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Brazil: Bolsonaro flown to São Paulo for possible emergency surgery

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been rushed late Wednesday from Brasilia to a São Paulo hospital after being diagnosed with an intestinal obstruction which might require emergency surgery, it was reported.

• Wednesday, July 14th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  Brazilian President supports Cuban demonstrations, signs privatization of Eletrobras

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday expressed his support for the Cuban people protesting against their living conditions under the Communist Government of Miguel Díaz-Canel.