Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• 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.

• Friday, December 11th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Bolsonaro certain Brazil is at the “tail end” of the pandemic

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday Brazil was at the “tail end” of the coronavirus pandemic, despite a surge in infections and deaths that many experts are calling a second wave.

• Wednesday, December 9th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Brazil signs letter of intent for delivery of 70 million Covid-19 vaccine doses

  

  Brazil has signed a letter of intent with Pfizer Inc for the delivery of more than 70 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, its health minister said on Tuesday, the day the country’s death toll from the virus surged to its highest in almost a month

• Monday, November 30th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil's municipal runoffs confirm voters rejected Bolsonaro and Lula da Silva's supported candidates

  

  Brazilian voters in 57 cities including 18 state capitals returned to the polls for run-off mayoral elections on Sunday amid a surge in cases of COVID-19 and violence involving assassinations and attacks on candidates.

• Monday, November 30th 2020 - 09:35 UTC

  Bolsonaro will wait “a little bit longer” to recognize a winner in the US election

  

  Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday he will wait “a little bit longer” to recognize a winner in the U.S. presidential election, suggesting there was evidence of fraud in the process.

• Friday, November 27th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro said he will refuse vaccination against Covid-19: “it's my right”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday he would refuse a coronavirus vaccine, the most recent of his vaccine-skeptic statements. “I'm telling you, I'm not going to take it. It's my right,” he said in remarks aired over several social media platforms.