Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

• 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.

• Sunday, September 8th 2019 - 12:08 UTC

  Nomination of Brazilian top public prosecutor rejected by his peers

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Thursday that he picked Augusto Aras to be the country’s new top public prosecutor, succeeding Raquel Dodge when her two-year term ends in two weeks.

• Sunday, September 8th 2019 - 10:40 UTC

  Bolsonaro undergoes surgery Sunday morning and will recover the rest of the week

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is in a hospital in Sao Paulo, ready for a fourth surgery scheduled for 07:00 Sunday morning. Bolsonaro arrived at the Vila Nova Star hospital accompanied by the First Lady Michelle and his son Carlos on Saturday evening but did not talk with the media.

• Saturday, September 7th 2019 - 09:36 UTC

  Bolsonaro calls for an outburst of flag colors on Independence Day to remind the world “Amazon is ours”

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro has urged people to attend the September 7 Independence Day festivities dressed in green and yellow to “show the world” that “the Amazon is ours.”

• Saturday, September 7th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Brazil's agribusiness joins the campaign to stop rainforest fires in the Amazon

  

  The Brazilian Amazon is facing its worst spate of forest fires since 2010, with news of the destruction of the world's largest rainforest last month prompting global outcry and worries that it could hurt demand for the country's exports.

• Friday, September 6th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazilian minister iterates that Brigitte Macron is in effect “truly ugly”

  

  A Brazilian government minister said French first lady Brigitte Macron was “truly ugly” on Thursday, only days after the country's president appeared to endorse an attack on her appearance. Brazil's economy minister Paulo Guedes said he agreed with President Jair Bolsonaro's comments about Macron's looks.