Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• 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.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Bolsonaro nominates liberal judge to the Supreme Court triggering reaction from evangelical supporters

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday nominated a judge with a record of flexible rulings to the country’s Supreme Court, frustrating evangelical members of his conservative base who had been promised one of their own for the opening.

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 09:25 UTC

  Bolsonaro blasts Biden for “disastrous and unnecessary” comments on the Amazon rainforest

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro lashed out Wednesday at Joe Biden for the US Democratic presidential candidate's “disastrous and unnecessary” comments on the destruction of the Amazon rainforest in his first debate with Donald Trump.

• Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Bolsonaro government announces new minimum income program, to replace Lula's Bolsa Familia

  

  Brazil's government detailed how it would pay for a new minimum income program called Renda Cidada, with President Jair Bolsonaro and Economy Minister Paulo Guedes still pledging to honor the country's spending cap and fiscal rules.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Bolsonaro hits back at accusations his government is breaking the spending cap with accounting gimmicks

  

  Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro hit back on Tuesday at accusations his government is using accounting gimmicks to fund a new minimum income program without breaking its spending cap, its most important fiscal rule.

• Wednesday, September 30th 2020 - 09:12 UTC

  Brazilian court blocks Bolsonaro attempt to repeal regulations protecting mangroves and coastal ecosystems

  

  Brazilian court blocked President Jair Bolsonaro's government on Tuesday from repealing regulations protecting mangroves and other fragile coastal ecosystems, after an outcry from environmentalists.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazilian farmers' lobbies divided over EU complaints of Amazon deforestation

  

  Brazil's biggest lobby group for soy farmers Aprosoja has broken ties with the Brazil Agribusiness Association (Abag) over its support for an initiative calling on the Brazilian government to rein in soaring deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.

• Monday, September 28th 2020 - 09:03 UTC

  Amazon forest Chief blasts Bolsonaro for blaming wildfire on tribes: “that is a lie”

  

  Chief Raoni Metuktire, one of the most iconic defenders of the Amazon, condemned Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for blaming wildfires devastating the rainforest on indigenous people.

• Monday, September 28th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Bolsonaro released from hospital following surgery to remove a bladder stone

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was released from the hospital Saturday, the government said, a day after he underwent surgery to remove a bladder stone.