Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Saturday, October 24th 2020 - 09:16 UTC

  Brazil's health regulator allows the import of six million doses of a coronavirus vaccine from China

  

  Brazil's health regulator has authorized the import from China of a potential vaccine against the coronavirus, just days after President Jair Bolsonaro insisted he wouldn't allow doses to be shipped from the Asian nation.

• Thursday, October 22nd 2020 - 09:29 UTC

  Bolsonaro in political controversy rejects purchase of the Chinese vaccine

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday rejected the announced purchase of 46 million doses of a potential vaccine against the coronavirus being developed by a Chinese company and tested in a state governed by a political rival, prompting some to question if he was allowing politics to steer public health decisions.

• Wednesday, October 21st 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  Brazilian health minister ill with a suspected case of Covid-19

  

  Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello has fallen ill with a suspected case of COVID-19, the ministry's press office said on Tuesday, as the country battles with the third-worst coronavirus outbreak globally, with nearly 5.3 million cases.

• Tuesday, October 20th 2020 - 09:54 UTC

  Populism in Brazil: how liberalisation and austerity led to the rise of Lula and Bolsonaro

  

  By Patricia Justino and Bruno Martorano (*) – While the rise of populist politicians in Europe and the US gets a lot of attention from the media and researchers alike, the drivers of the populism taking hold in emerging and developing economies still receives relatively little scrutiny.

• Saturday, October 17th 2020 - 08:36 UTC

  Brazilian Senator, close ally of Bolsonaro forced to resign over hidden cash

  

  Brazilian lawmaker Chico Rodrigues was forced to resign on Thursday from the Senate after police found cash hidden in his underwear during a search of his home.

• Tuesday, October 13th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Bolsonaro more popular than ever despite Brazil's questionable Covid-19 record

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro has never been more popular in Brazil, despite his country's woeful handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bolsonaro, who tested positive for the virus on July 7, has dismissed it as a “little flu”. Brazil passed five million Covid-19 cases on Tuesday and recorded its 150.000th death on Saturday.

• Saturday, October 10th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Brazilian government cuts emergency cash transfers to help the poor withstand the pandemic

  

  Many people in Brazil are struggling to cope with less pandemic aid from the government and jumping food prices, with millions expected to slip back into poverty. Brazil’s government, starting this month, halved the amount of its monthly emergency cash transfers to help Brazil’s poor withstand the hardship of the economic meltdown, down to 300 reais (US$54).

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  After rejecting Mercosur trade deal on climate demands, EU parliament votes to drastically cut greenhouse gases by 2030

  

  European Union lawmakers have backed a plan to cut greenhouse gases by 60% from 1990 levels by 2030, hoping member states will not try to water the target down during upcoming negotiations.

• Thursday, October 8th 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Bolsonaro dumps “Operation Car Wash” because there is “no more corruption in the government”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that he has ended the country's biggest-ever corruption probe, “Operation Car Wash,” as there is “no more corruption in the government.”

• Wednesday, October 7th 2020 - 09:51 UTC

  Bolsonaro tells religious followers he plans to appoint an evangelical minister to the Supreme Court

  

  Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro said at an event with conservative evangelical Christians that he hopes to appoint an evangelical minister to the supreme court next year.