Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

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.
Wednesday, July 14th 2021 - 08:50 UTC
Bolsonaro is “speechless” from persistent hiccups

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has been fighting persistent hiccups for days but no treatment seems to work, it was reported Tuesday.
Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 08:25 UTC
Bolsonaro calls judge opposing printed ballots “an idiot”

One day after saying he could not care less -but with a harsher vocabulary- about the Senatorial Committee (CPI) investigating his management of the coronavirus pandemic, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Luís Roberto Barroso “an idiot.”
Friday, July 9th 2021 - 09:09 UTC
Bolsonaro refuses to answer questions regarding alleged corruption in purchase of vaccines

Brazil's Senatorial Committee (CPI), which is investigating the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, Thursday sent a letter to President Jair Bolsonaro asking him to address the allegations surrounding an obscure overpriced deal to purchase Covaxin immunizers.
Thursday, July 8th 2021 - 09:58 UTC
Uruguay swears allegiance to Mercosur, but will negotiate independently with third countries

On the eve of Thursday's Mercosur summit, Uruguay informed its partners that it will proceed with negotiations, expecting to reach trade agreements with third parties or blocks, outside of the four founding members group.
Saturday, July 3rd 2021 - 11:26 UTC
Brazilian STF Judge says Prosecution needs to investigate Bolsonaro

Brazil's Supreme Court (STF) Justice Rosa Weber Friday acquiesced to a request from Deputy Attorney General Humberto Jacques de Medeiros to launch an inquiry into President Jair Bolsonaro's involvement in an alleged case of corruption regarding the purchase of Indian-made coronavirus vaccines.