Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Wednesday, May 13th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Brazil sends troops to the Amazon rainforest to combat deforestation

  

  Brazil deployed thousands of soldiers to protect the Amazon rainforest this week, taking precautions to avoid spreading the novel coronavirus, as the government mounts an early response to surging deforestation ahead of the high season for forest fires.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  Paraguay fears its success in containing Covid-19 could be threatened by Brazil

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez has said the spread of coronavirus in Brazil threatens his country's success in containing the virus. Mr Benítez said more than half of Paraguay's 563 cases were people who had entered from neighbouring Brazil.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro declares gyms and salons as essential services

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday declared gyms and hair salons as essential services that can stay open through the new coronavirus outbreak, easing measures to control the disease despite new cases and deaths surging in the country.

• Monday, May 11th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Pandemic: Brazil reports over 11,000 deaths on Sunday and 162,699 positive cases

  

  Brazil, the hardest-hit Latin American country in the coronavirus pandemic, has surpassed 11,000 deaths, according to figures released on Sunday by the Ministry of Health.

• Saturday, May 9th 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  Sao Paulo state with 41,000 Covid-19 cases extends stay-at-home measures

  

  The governor of Sao Paulo, the Brazilian state at the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in Latin America, said on Friday he was extending stay-at-home measures until May 31, ignoring opposition from far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.

• Saturday, May 9th 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  Despite Bolsonaro's promises, Amazon deforestation hits a new high in first four months of the year

  

  Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon hit a new high in the first four months of the year, according to data released on Friday, a worrying trend after the devastation caused by record fires last year.

• Saturday, May 9th 2020 - 08:35 UTC

  The Lancet claims Bolsonaro is the biggest threat to combat COVID-19 in Brazil

  

  The biggest threat to Brazil's ability to successfully combat the spread of the coronavirus and tackle the unfolding public health crisis is the country's president, Jair Bolsonaro, according to the British medical journal The Lancet.

• Saturday, May 9th 2020 - 07:59 UTC

  Bolsonaro rules out raising gasoline taxes to support the ethanol industry

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro effectively ruled out raising gasoline taxes on Thursday, a blow to the ethanol industry which had asked for a gasoline tax hike to boost its competitiveness amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, May 6th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Bolsonaro invokes military support, but Generals say they support the Constitution and democracy

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday picked a new head of the federal police following a Supreme Court decision to block his effort to appoint a family friend - a tactical retreat a day after he and supporters threatened the court in anti-democratic protests.

• Wednesday, May 6th 2020 - 09:48 UTC

  Brazilian major city begins “lockdown” on fears the virus could collapse the health service

  

  Brazil's Sao Luis became the nation's first major city to begin a coronavirus “lockdown” on Tuesday, a measure that underscores widespread fears that health services across Brazil could soon collapse under the pressure of the coronavirus pandemic.