Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Thursday, January 7th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro continues to back Trump and reiterates allegations of election fraud

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday continued to back President Donald Trump by reiterating baseless allegations of November U.S. election fraud.

• Thursday, December 31st 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Bolsonaro criticizes Argentina for legalizing abortion and erects as a leader of the pro-life movement

  

  Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro criticized a decision by Argentina’s Senate on Wednesday that gave women the right to decide on abortion. In a post on Twitter, the evangelical head of government said he “deeply regrets the lives of Argentine children,” saying they are now ”exposed to being cut from their mothers’ wombs with the consent of the State.”

• Tuesday, December 29th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  “Nobody pressures me for anything”, blasts Bolsonaro when asked about Covid-19 vaccines

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, one of the world's most prominent coronavirus skeptics, said over the weekend he was not worried about criticism over the speed of Brazil's vaccine rollout, saying he felt no pressure.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Putin, Bolsonaro and Lopez Obrador finally congratulate Joe Biden

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday congratulated US president-elect Joe Biden on his victory, more than a month after the Nov 3 election.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro administration says Brazil has guaranteed access to 300 million Covid-19 vaccines

  

  The government of President Jair Bolsonaro said that Brazil has guaranteed access to 300 million vaccines, mainly those developed by Oxford University along with AstraZeneca pharmaceutical and Brazil's Fiocruz foundation, as well as vaccines from the Covax Facility international initiative.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Brazil's health regulator ANVISA considers Chinese Covid-19 vaccine process non transparent

  

  Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa said China’s health authorities are not transparent in their authorization of COVID-19 vaccines for emergency use, a statement that may further inflame political tension in the country.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Distrust of Bolsonaro is holding up the EU/Mercosur trade deal, says EU ambassador in Brasilia

  

  Distrust in Europe of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's government is holding up ratification of a trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur, the EU ambassador to Brasilia said.

• Monday, December 14th 2020 - 09:37 UTC

  Bolsonaro remains with a 37% approval, shows Datafolha public opinion poll

  

  Brazilian right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro’s approval rating remains at its highest level since he took office in 2019, despite the country experiencing the world’s second-deadliest coronavirus outbreak, a poll showed on Sunday.

• Monday, December 14th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Bolsonaro's vaccination plan “a murderous stupidity” and a display of “lethal incompetence”

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro faced scathing criticism on Sunday over his government's plan – or lack thereof, opponents said – to vaccinate the population against Covid-19 in Brazil, the country with the second-highest death toll worldwide.

• Monday, December 14th 2020 - 09:14 UTC

  Brazilian church plays a nativity scene in a burnt deforested Amazon and with a black baby Jesus

  

  Instead of a manger in Bethlehem, Jesus will arrive this Christmas in a badly burned clearing in the Amazon rainforest as a black baby born to a black virgin with indigenous cherubs looking on.