Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Monday, November 2nd 2020 - 08:23 UTC

  Brazilian Health minister recovering from coronavirus in military hospital

  

  Brazilian Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello, who is ill with COVID-19, will stay in a military hospital overnight on Sunday, after having been discharged from a civilian facility earlier in the day, the ministry said in a statement.

• Saturday, October 31st 2020 - 08:33 UTC

  Brazilian vice-president contradicts Bolsonaro, ”of course we will buy the (Chinese) vaccine”

  

  Brazil's government will “of course” buy a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine that is being tested in the country, Vice President Hamilton Mourão said on Friday, in the latest example of him contradicting President Jair Bolsonaro.

• Friday, October 30th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  World Medical Association blasts leaders who discredit science and sponsor fake news on coronavirus

  

  The spreading of fake news and discredited science by world leaders has led to many people dying and others being exposed to Covid-19, according to the departing President of the World Medical Association. In his valedictory address to this week’s WMA’s annual Assembly, Dr. Miguel Jorge, a psychiatrist from Brazil, mentioned both the Presidents of Brazil and the United States as contributing to more people being exposed to the virus and more deaths.

• Wednesday, October 28th 2020 - 09:19 UTC

  Bolsonaro “transformative” reforms' goal for Brazil, with a 3,5% average growth during a decade

  

  Brazil's government on Tuesday outlined a long-term roadmap for the economy, based on three scenarios of economic and fiscal reforms that could lift gross domestic product per capita by as much as 37% over the next decade.

• Tuesday, October 27th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Brazil extends to May 2022 military deployment to protect the Amazon rainforest

  

  Brazil’s conservative government will extend the military’s deployment to fight the destruction of the Amazon rainforest by five months through April 2021 from its previous November end date, Vice President Hamilton Mourao said on Monday.

• 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.