Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Tuesday, March 17th 2020 - 08:21 UTC

  Several officials tested coronavirus positive after Trump/Bolsonaro meeting in Mar-a-Lago resort

  

  Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary Marcos Troyjo, who was part of the Brazilian delegation that recently visited Florida, has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office said in a statement on Monday.

• Friday, March 13th 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  Brazilian congress and Bolsonaro clash slumps the Real to below 5 to the dollar

  

  As if things were not difficult enough for markets in Brazil, whose stocks and currency are among the world's worst-performing this year, an unexpected twist in the country's fragile politics threatens to make the situation even tougher.

• Thursday, March 12th 2020 - 07:48 UTC

  With local elections looming, Brazilian congress overturns Bolsonaro veto on social spending

  

  Brazil's Congress overturned a presidential veto on Wednesday in an ongoing battle over appropriations with President Jair Bolsonaro, doubling social assistance for elderly and disabled people that will cost an extra 20 billion reais (US$ 4.2 billion) this year.

• Thursday, March 12th 2020 - 07:31 UTC

  Brazilian lawmaker sponsors bill to punish corrupt politicians with amputation of both hands

  

  A lawmaker who says Brazil is not doing enough to fight rampant political corruption put forward a bill on Tuesday that would punish any politician convicted of the graft with amputation of both hands.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Brazil downplays the threat of coronavirus: “it is overstated”

  

  Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro minimized the threat of the new coronavirus - which has killed nearly 4,000 people in more than 60 countries and tanked global financial markets, saying its destructive power has been “overstated”.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2020 - 08:46 UTC

  Bolsonaro promotes a demonstration criticized by the Legislative and Judiciary

  

  Brazil's far-right president Jair Bolsonaro called on his backers to take to the streets next weekend to show their support for him, even as critics said such a demonstration would be anti-democratic.

• Monday, March 9th 2020 - 08:54 UTC

  Trump and Bolsonaro discuss Venezuela and a bilateral trade accord

  

  United States President Donald Trump hosted Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Saturday, where the two leaders discussed the U.S.-led effort to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and spoke about a future trade deal.

• Monday, March 9th 2020 - 08:53 UTC

  Joint Statement from president Trump and president Bolsonaro

  

  Today (Saturday 7 March) , President Donald J. Trump and President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil reaffirmed the strategic alliance between the United States and Brazil, deepening the partnership between their two countries. The two leaders focused on increasing economic prosperity, strengthening democracy, and promoting peace and security.

• Saturday, March 7th 2020 - 06:40 UTC

  Trump receives Bolsonaro for dinner at the president's Mar-a-Lago resort

  

  US President Donald Trump will meet with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in Florida on Saturday to discuss trade, infrastructure, Venezuela and the Middle East, the White House said in a statement on Friday.

• Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 08:46 UTC

  Frustrating Brazilian economic growth in 2019: less than half the forecast at the start of the year

  

  Brazil’s economy expanded by 1.1% in 2019, marking a third straight year of frustrating activity following a massive recession, according to data released on Wednesday.