Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• 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.

• Saturday, September 26th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Bolsonaro recovering from a planned operation to remove a bladder stone

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro underwent an operation to remove a bladder stone on Friday, the government said, the latest in a series of health issues for the far-right leader.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:47 UTC

  Brazil on course to post a record budget primary deficit of US$ 147 billion

  

  Brazil’s government is on course to post a primary budget deficit of 861 billion reais (US$ 157 billion) this year, the Economy Ministry said in its bimonthly revenue and expenditure report on Tuesday, factoring in extended emergency transfers to the poor through the end of December.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  Bolsonaro claims Brazil is victim of the most brutal disinformation campaign

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro defended his administration’s record protecting the Amazon rainforest, telling the United Nations’ virtual meeting of global leaders on Tuesday that his country has been wrongly portrayed as an environmental villain. Bolsonaro’s critics were quick to pick apart his claims.

• Monday, September 21st 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  Barred Lula offers to back any candidate who can beat Jair Bolsonaro

  

  Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva has offered to back any candidate who can beat far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in the upcoming 2022 elections. Lula is currently barred from seeking elected office as he is fighting two criminal convictions for graft that bar him from running. He can run himself if he is able to overturn the convictions, but he also faces five further indictments.