Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Monday, June 1st 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  Bolsonaro leads protests against Congress and the Supreme Court

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro joined supporters protesting against Congress and the Supreme Court in Brasilia on Sunday, stoking concerns of an institutional crisis in the nation that now has the world's second-highest number of coronavirus cases after the US.

• Saturday, May 30th 2020 - 08:43 UTC

  Brazilian reporters withdraw from presidential palace coverage because of attacks by Bolsonaro followers

  

  Brazil's four largest news media outlets said they have withdrawn their reporters from coverage of President Jair Bolsonaro's official residence due to the lack of security to protect them from heckling and abuse by his supporters.

• Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Furious Bolsonaro slams the Supreme Court for investigating his supporters

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro slammed Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday for investigating an alleged disinformation and intimidation campaign involving his supporters, as a political crisis mushroomed amid the country's accelerating COVID-19 outbreak.

• Thursday, May 28th 2020 - 08:34 UTC

  Brazil's coronavirus death toll surpassed 25,000 as the pandemic accelerates

  

  Brazil's death toll from the new coronavirus surpassed 25,000 on Wednesday, as the country emerged as the latest epicenter in the pandemic. The health ministry said it had confirmed 1,086 new deaths in the past 24 hours, the fifth time the daily toll has exceeded 1,000 since the crisis accelerated in Brazil a week ago.

• Wednesday, May 27th 2020 - 08:17 UTC

  Brazil Federal police raid residences of Rio governor on alleged corruption probe

  

  Brazilian federal police on Tuesday raided the residences of Rio de Janeiro Governor Wilson Witzel as part of a COVID-19 corruption probe, targeting one of President Jair Bolsonaro's political foes as the pandemic sweeps the nation.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro puts pressure on Supreme Court to end investigation

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro expects the Supreme Court to find no wrongdoing and end an investigation into potential political interference in the federal police, according to a statement from the presidential palace on Monday.

• Monday, May 25th 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Mother of all scandals: “King” Bolsonaro and cabinet caught with their pants down

  

  On Apr 22, Brazil was fast becoming a new coronavirus flashpoint, but President Jair Bolsonaro and his cabinet barely mentioned the pandemic in a videotaped meeting that has triggered outrage and fuelled a potentially explosive investigation.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:57 UTC

  Brazil second only to US as coronavirus hotspot with 330,890 Covid-19 cases confirmed

  

  Brazil became the world No 2 hotspot for coronavirus cases on Friday, second only to the United States, after it confirmed that 330,890 people had been infected by the virus, overtaking Russia, the Health Ministry said.

• Saturday, May 23rd 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro increasingly cornered by his eccentric attitude and incompetence

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro's government warned on Friday that Brazil's “national security” would be at risk if investigators granted a request to seize the far-right leader's cell phone in an obstruction of justice investigation.

• Thursday, May 21st 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Brazil erratic strategy to combat Covid-19: advocates the use of chloroquine

  

  Brazil's coronavirus outbreak worsened on Wednesday and the country with a population of 210 million could soon have the second-highest number of cases in the world as the Health Ministry reported 888 new deaths and nearly 20,000 new infections in a single day.