Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Thursday, August 5th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Brazil's STF places President Bolsonaro under investigation for casting doubt on the electronic voting system

  

  Brazil's Superior Federal Court (STF) Wednesday ruled President Jair Bolsonaro needed to be investigated for alleged “slander” and “incitement to crime” when he voiced his concerns about the trustworthiness of the electronic voting system.

• Tuesday, August 3rd 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Brazil's Electoral Court wants Bolsonaro investigated for spreading fake news against ballot boxes

  

  Brazil's Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) has asked the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) to launch a probe against President Jair Bolsonaro for his remarks regarding the reliability of the electronic voting system.

• Monday, August 2nd 2021 - 07:27 UTC

  Bolsonaro's “army” of followers show nationwide support to voting system reform in Brazil

  

  Scores of Brazilians took to the streets Sunday in support of President Jair Bolsonaro's drive towards the approval of a paper ballot voting system for next year's elections.

• Saturday, July 31st 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  “Only a miracle can save Argentina's economy,” says Brazilian President Bolsonaro

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has said in his social media broadcast that “only a miracle will save the Argentine economy,” as he referred to the administration of his colleague Alberto Fernández as “a regime that did not work anywhere in the world.”

• Wednesday, July 28th 2021 - 08:31 UTC

  Nogueira chosen to head Brazil's Civil House

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday has picked Senator Ciro Nogueira to head of the Government's Civil House, a position similar to that of Cabinet Chief or Minister of the Presidency in other countries.

• 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.