Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• 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.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2020 - 09:06 UTC

  Brazil on track to end recession early 2021, as private activity speeds up

  

  Brazil’s economy probably rebounded at a record quarterly pace in July-September and was on track for a better start to 2021 than previously thought, as businesses and households recovered from the first surge in COVID-19 cases.

• Thursday, November 19th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Bolsonaro elated after Putin praises his “masculinity”, triggering a flood of jokes online

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was beaming on Wednesday after his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin praised his “masculinity” in a speech, triggering a flood of jokes online about a budding “bromance.”

• Wednesday, November 18th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro will name countries trading with wood illegally extracted from the Amazon

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday his government in coming days will name countries that are importing wood illegally extracted from the Amazon.

• Friday, November 13th 2020 - 09:23 UTC

  For Bolsonaro, US elections are not over, “Have they really finished?”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of Republican President Donald Trump and one of the few prominent world leaders still not to have congratulated Democratic President-elect Joe Biden on his election win, asked on Thursday whether the vote in the U.S. was really over.

• Thursday, November 12th 2020 - 09:42 UTC

  Bolsonaro's clash with Sao Paulo governor over the Chinese vaccine tainted with politics

  

  Brazil’s national health regulator allowed clinical trials of a Chinese-developed Covid-19 vaccine to resume on Wednesday, two days after suspending them in what critics called a decision tainted by politics.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Brazil and Mexico, close friends of Trump, have yet to congratulate Joe Biden

  

  There were two notable holdouts among the world leaders who rushed to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. elections: the leaders of Latin America’s two largest countries, both of whom have been seen as friendly to President Donald Trump in different ways.

• Monday, November 9th 2020 - 09:17 UTC

  Brazilian leading influencer and critic of Bolsonaro indicted by Rio's state police

  

  Brazilian digital influencer Felipe Neto has been indicted by Rio de Janeiro’s state police for alleged corruption of minors, prompting concern the critic of President Jair Bolsonaro may be the target of retribution for political reasons.