Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  Bolsonaro claims Brazil is victim of the most brutal disinformation campaign

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro defended his administration’s record protecting the Amazon rainforest, telling the United Nations’ virtual meeting of global leaders on Tuesday that his country has been wrongly portrayed as an environmental villain. Bolsonaro’s critics were quick to pick apart his claims.

• Monday, September 21st 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Barred Lula offers to back any candidate who can beat Jair Bolsonaro

  

  Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva has offered to back any candidate who can beat far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in the upcoming 2022 elections. Lula is currently barred from seeking elected office as he is fighting two criminal convictions for graft that bar him from running. He can run himself if he is able to overturn the convictions, but he also faces five further indictments.

• Monday, September 21st 2020 - 08:44 UTC

  Bolsonaro will undergo surgery to remove a bladder stone next Friday

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is scheduled to undergo surgery to remove a bladder stone on Friday, a doctor for the Brazilian leader said on Sunday. Bolsonaro will check in to a hospital in Sao Paulo on Thursday to prepare for the procedure and will be hospitalized until Saturday or Sunday at the latest, said Leandro Echenique, one of several doctors on Bolsonaro's medical team.

• Monday, September 14th 2020 - 11:19 UTC

  China's impact on poor Brazilians: prices of staples skyrocket, black beans 30%, rice 20%

  

  Black beans are up nearly 30%, beef about 40% – Brazilians are facing a skyrocketing rise in food prices, caused by record exports to China and strong domestic demand. This rebound, amid the economic and social crisis caused by the new coronavirus pandemic, has led the president, Jair Bolsonaro, to ask the owners of supermarkets to show “patriotism” and “keep their profit margin as low as possible”.

• Saturday, September 12th 2020 - 10:34 UTC

  Tough anti-corruption magistrate becomes Brazil's Chief Justice: possible clashes with the Bolsonaro family

  

  Luiz Fux assumed as chief justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court this week as the institution nears crucial rulings involving President Jair Bolsonaro’s supporters and his eldest son. A top court justice since 2011, Fux is known for his tough stance against crime and his support of Operation Carwash, an investigation that has ensnared dozens of powerful businessmen and politicians over the past six years.

• Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Brazil's supermarkets “committed” to lowering food prices announced Bolsonaro

  

  Brazil’s supermarkets are “committed” to lowering the prices of basic foodstuffs, President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday, hours after the Justice Ministry said it would ask supermarkets to explain recent price increases for some products.

• Saturday, September 5th 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  Bolsonaro slams environmental NGOs who accuse him “of setting fire to the Amazon”

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has slammed environmental NGOs as a 'cancer' and denounced what he said was an international conspiracy accusing him of being responsible for devastating Amazon wildfires.

• Friday, September 4th 2020 - 08:41 UTC

  Brazil reiterates that Covid-19 vaccines will not be obligatory

  

  Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro, who has consistently downplayed the severity of the coronavirus outbreak, reiterated on Thursday that COVID-19 vaccinations will not be obligatory when they become available.

• Thursday, September 3rd 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro's popularity soars as he extends payments for low income Brazilians until 2021

  

  Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro extended until the end of the year payments for low-income Brazilians hit by the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, a program that has boosted his popularity but created tension with his finance team.

• Tuesday, September 1st 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro back to surgery: this time to remove a kidney stone

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he had been diagnosed with a kidney stone and would undergo surgery in September to remove it. The far-right leader, 65, has had a series of health issues, including four surgeries stemming from an attack in which he was stabbed in the abdomen during his 2018 presidential campaign.