Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  Netanyahu says Bolsonaro's son anticipated Brazil would move its embassy to Jerusalem next year

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Brazil will follow the United States and move its embassy to Jerusalem next year. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has expressed before his intention of moving his country's embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but senior officials later backtracked for fear of damaging trade ties with Arab countries.

• Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  “God, a fellow Brazilian”, helped Jair Bolsonaro become president

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro said God, a fellow Brazilian, had handed him the election victory that propelled him to office in South America's largest economy.

• Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Beef prices to remain high in 2020 because of China, forecasts meatpacker Marfrig Global Foods

  

  The price of beef in Brazil will remain high in 2020 but not at current levels, an executive for meatpacker Marfrig Global Foods said on Friday, citing high demand from China and other Asian countries.

• Monday, December 16th 2019 - 13:59 UTC

  Brazilian president under fire due to the Amazon situation

  

  Brazil’s Amazonian reserve has always been a cause for contention between indigenous activists and the Brazillian government. Covering the majority of northwestern Brazil and extending into Columbia, Peru and a whole host of South American nations, the Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest famed for its biodiversity and natural beauty.

• Thursday, December 12th 2019 - 03:24 UTC

  Bolsonaro calls climate activist Greta Thunberg “a brat” over Tweeter posting

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Tuesday dubbed activist Greta Thunberg “a brat” after the 16-year-old Swede denounced the murder of two indigenous people in the Amazon region and pointed fingers at illegal deforestation.

• Wednesday, December 11th 2019 - 03:10 UTC

  Argentine president anticipates a close relationship with Brazil, no matter rulers' personal differences

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernández announced support for Mercosur and anticipated a joint ambitious all embracing agenda with Brazil, based on shared fraternal history and which he underlined is far beyond any personal difference of current rulers.

• Tuesday, December 10th 2019 - 17:25 UTC

  Brazilian VP attends presidential inauguration in Argentina, calls for mutual help

  

  Brazil's Vicepresident Hamilton Mourao Tuesday said in Buenos Aires that his country and Argentina must help each other as he attended President Alberto Fernández' inauguration after news reports had heralded the Jair Bolsonaro administration was not sending any dignitaries for the occasion.

• Monday, December 9th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Brazil will send no delegate to Argentine president Fernandez inauguration, media reports

  

  Brazil’s government scrapped plans to send a delegate to Alberto Fernandez’s inauguration ceremony in Argentina, representing an escalation in tensions between South America’s top economies.

• Saturday, December 7th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro and minister Moro clearly lead presidential opinion polls

  

  If elections were held today in Brazil, president Jair Bolsonaro would be the clearly re-elected with the exception of two scenarios, if facing ex-president Lula da Silva, and current Justice minister Sergio Moro, according to a public opinion poll contracted by the magazine Veja.

• Friday, December 6th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro calls on Mercosur for a quick implementation of the trade agreement with the EU

  

  Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that Mercosur trade block needs to hurry up and implement agreements the group has negotiated.