Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Tuesday, October 13th 2020 - 09:01 UTC

  Bolsonaro more popular than ever despite Brazil's questionable Covid-19 record

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro has never been more popular in Brazil, despite his country's woeful handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Bolsonaro, who tested positive for the virus on July 7, has dismissed it as a “little flu”. Brazil passed five million Covid-19 cases on Tuesday and recorded its 150.000th death on Saturday.

• Saturday, October 10th 2020 - 09:15 UTC

  Brazilian government cuts emergency cash transfers to help the poor withstand the pandemic

  

  Many people in Brazil are struggling to cope with less pandemic aid from the government and jumping food prices, with millions expected to slip back into poverty. Brazil’s government, starting this month, halved the amount of its monthly emergency cash transfers to help Brazil’s poor withstand the hardship of the economic meltdown, down to 300 reais (US$54).

• Friday, October 9th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  After rejecting Mercosur trade deal on climate demands, EU parliament votes to drastically cut greenhouse gases by 2030

  

  European Union lawmakers have backed a plan to cut greenhouse gases by 60% from 1990 levels by 2030, hoping member states will not try to water the target down during upcoming negotiations.

• 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.