Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

Friday, December 27th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Brazil promulgates heavy handed anti crime bill

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has signed into law an anti-crime bill that toughens measures to stem a rampant deadly crime wave, although he vetoed some parts of the bill, the government said on Wednesday.
Thursday, December 26th 2019 - 12:10 UTC
Brain scan of president Bolsonaro detected no abnormalities

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday night that he briefly lost his memory after falling at his presidential residence in Brasilia, the capital, earlier this week.
Tuesday, December 24th 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Bolsonaro has skull scanned after a fall in the bathroom

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized on Monday evening after a fall in the official presidential palace, his office said.
Tuesday, December 24th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Maduro says barracks assailants are refuging in Brazil and asks Bolsonaro to return the stolen weapons

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, said Monday that 11 people have been arrested in connection with an assault early Sunday at a military post in the south of the country and said that some of those involved were in Brazil along with the stolen weapons of the installation.
Monday, December 23rd 2019 - 10:30 UTC
Approval rating of Bolsonaro steadily dropping and negative rating climbing

The approval rating of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's government is dropping steadily and its negative rating is climbing, a CNI/Ibope poll showed on December 20, as his combative political style and a weak recovery weigh on his popularity.
Monday, December 23rd 2019 - 08:40 UTC
Bolsonaro back steps after telling a journalist he had “the face of a homosexual”

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Saturday that it was wrong for him to tell a journalist a day earlier that he had “the face of a homosexual.”
Saturday, December 21st 2019 - 10:31 UTC
Trump will not levy new tariffs on Brazilian steel and aluminum, Bolsonaro says

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday that US President Donald Trump told him in a phone conversation that his administration will not levy new tariffs on Brazilian steel and aluminum as threatened earlier this month.
Friday, December 20th 2019 - 09:51 UTC
Bill authorizing mining in Brazilian protected indigenous reserves is ready, said Bolsonaro

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that a bill authorizing mining on protected indigenous reserves was ready and only needed to be sent to Congress for consideration.
Wednesday, December 18th 2019 - 08:43 UTC
Brazilians angry with a Netflix comedy depicting Jesus as a gay man

A comedy on Netflix depicting Jesus as a gay man has prompted widespread anger in Brazil with almost 2 million people signing a petition calling on the streaming service to remove the film.
Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Brazilian government dismisses as a “commercial game” results of COP25 climate talks in Madrid

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a climate change skeptic, dismissed as a “commercial game” the result of the COP25 climate talks in Madrid. He particularly singled out rich European nations as the players.