Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

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.
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.”