Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 10:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro leaves hospital to continue recovery at home; he will not retake office yet

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro left hospital on Monday eight days after another operation on his stomach following his stabbing at a campaign rally last year.

• Monday, September 16th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Bolsonaro's recovery “visibly impresses” doctors but release from hospital still unconfirmed

  

  Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro continues to improve after surgery, but there is as yet no date scheduled for his release from the hospital, according to the presidential spokesman. Speaking to journalists in Sao Paulo, Otavio Rego Barros said that the doctors left Bolsonaro’s room “visibly impressed” with his progress on Sunday morning.

• Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 21:32 UTC

  US and Brazil on first high-level strategic dialogue in seven years: trade and biodiversity in the agenda

  

  The United States and Brazil are deepening a new era of closer cooperation with their first high-level strategic dialogue in seven years.

• Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 12:21 UTC

  Bolsonaro still in hospital returns to feeding with liquids

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro had a feeding tube removed from his nose on Friday, doctors said, five days after another operation on his stomach, where he was stabbed during a campaign rally last year.

• Friday, September 13th 2019 - 17:04 UTC

  Bolsonaro's recovery period extended for a further four days

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will need four days more than planned to recover from abdominal surgery, his spokesman said on Thursday. “The president of the republic's team of doctors has decided to keep him away from the exercise of his duties... four additional days, ” said Otavio Rego Barros, his spokesman.

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 08:44 UTC

  Knife used to stab Bolsonaro will go on display at police museum

  

  The knife used to stab Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during his 2018 election campaign is to be put on display at a police museum due to its “historical value”, a court ruled.

• Wednesday, September 11th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Bolsonaro's offensive foreign policy tweets have created at least twelve disputes with world leaders

  

  Offending French, German, Norwegian and UN leaders along the way, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has embarked on a diplomatic scorched earth policy that is fueling concern over potential long-term damage to Brazil's global relations.

• Wednesday, September 11th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Numerous messages of support for French First Lady, insulted by Bolsonaro

  

  World leaders have offered their support to Brigitte Macron, the wife of France's president, after a string of public insults from Brazilian leaders targeting her appearance.

• Tuesday, September 10th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Bolsonaro announces he'll be back in office next Thursday

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday in a video from his hospital bed that he is ready to go back to work after having a hernia operation and his spokesman said he will reassume the presidency on Thursday as planned.

• Monday, September 9th 2019 - 09:41 UTC

  Bolsonaro recovering from a five hour surgery; in ten days he returns to Brasília

  

  Vice President Hamilton Mourão will be Brazil's acting president through Thursday while president Jair Bolsonaro recovers from abdominal surgery resulting from his stabbing at a political rally last year, his spokesman said on Sunday.