Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2019 - 08:33 UTC

  Bolsonaro will attend the enthronement of Japanese emperor Narushito

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he will attend the enthronement ceremony of Japanese Emperor Naruhito scheduled for Oct 22 as part of a tour of Asia and the Middle East.

• Wednesday, October 2nd 2019 - 08:27 UTC

  Bolsonaro signs decree expanding soft financing for farmers

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday signed a decree with a variety of measures to expand financing for farmers. The measures include the creation of a “fraternal” fund that will provide an estimated 5 billion reais (US$ 1.20 billion) in additional credit for the sector, according to Rogerio Miranda, the Economy Ministry's deputy secretary for agriculture policy.

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  LGBT themed stage show fear subtle censorship of the Bolsonaro administration

  

  After a state-run theater in Brazil suddenly dropped his LGBT-themed stage show “Gritos,” Artur Ribeiro began to worry it was curtains for his company under President Jair Bolsonaro. Ribeiro said the Caixa Cultural theater in the capital of Brasilia last week canceled the show, in which he plays a transgender character.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro tells UN the Amazon rainforest belongs to Brazil and attacks world media for 'lying'

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attacked the media on Tuesday for “lying” about the fires in the Amazon and criticized international concern for the rainforest as fueled by interest in the region’s biodiversity and mineral wealth.

• Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Catholic Church claims invasions of indigenous lands in Brazil has jumped under the Bolsonaro administration

  

  The number of invasions of indigenous lands in Brazil has jumped in the first nine months of President Jair Bolsonaro's administration, a Brazilian Catholic Church agency said on Tuesday. The Missionary Indigenous Council said illegal miners, loggers and tappers of natural resources are involved in most of the invasions.

• Monday, September 23rd 2019 - 10:07 UTC

  Michelle Bachelet says she can't work miracles for Venezuela and its “critical human rights situation”

  

  The High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, denounced that her figure is misunderstood in Venezuela’s case. The Chilean president, who published a severe report in July denouncing human rights violations in Venezuela, said that many in that country mistakenly see her as “the virgin Mary, who can work miracles” and solve the humanitarian drama.

• Sunday, September 22nd 2019 - 22:59 UTC

  Bachelet pities Brazil over Bolsonaro's support to Pinochet

  

  The United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said Saturday she felt “sorry for Brazil,” after President Jair Bolsonaro publicly expressed his support for former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

• Saturday, September 21st 2019 - 13:30 UTC

  Brazil fears Chinese invasion, says website

  

  Top secret documents drafted by Brazilian military, backed by President Jair Bolsonaro, indicate that the Amazon is under threat of Chinese penetration, according to a report published Friday by the site The Intercept, accessed by the Italian news agency ANSA.

• Friday, September 20th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Bolsonaro: Petrobras behind fuel price increase, not government

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday explained that his government had nothing to do with the rise in the price of gasoline and diesel fuel, which followed the raid on Saudi Arabian facilities over the weekend.

• Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 21:45 UTC

  United Nations ban Brazil's speech on climate change

  

  After the South American country's failure to comply with the request that a project to increase Brazil's commitments with climate issues, the United Nations decided Wednesday to veto the speech which was to be delivered by dignitaries of President Jair Bolsonaro's administration.