Tag: Jair Bolsonaro

Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Brazil's Bolsonaro rating collapses, according to latest opinion polls

The approval rating of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro’s government has plunged to 29.4% in August from 38.9% in February, according to a poll published on Monday that showed a majority of Brazilians are unhappy with his performance.
Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 09:44 UTC
G7 summit pledges US$ 20 million for firefighting planes to tackle Amazon blazes

The G7 will give US$20 million (€18 million) to send firefighting planes to tackle the blazes engulfing parts of the Amazon, the presidents of France and Chile said on Monday.
Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 09:44 UTC
Hundreds of new fires in the Brazilian Amazon, despite military aircraft dumping water

Hundreds of new fires have flared up in the Amazon in Brazil, data showed on Monday, even as military aircraft dumped water over hard-hit areas and G7 nations pledged to help combat the blazes.
Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 09:40 UTC
Brazilian women ashamed of their president, Macron replies to Bolsonaro's mock of French First Lady

Brazilian women are probably ashamed of President Jair Bolsonaro, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday, hitting back after the Brazilian leader mocked Macron’s wife on Facebook.
Monday, August 26th 2019 - 20:13 UTC
Record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest coincides with a sharp drop in fines for environment violations

The record number of fires in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has coincided with a sharp drop in fines for environmental violations, BBC analysis has found. Official data from Brazil's environment agency shows fines from January to 23 August dropped almost a third compared with the same period last year.
Monday, August 26th 2019 - 18:42 UTC
EU divided on ratification of trade pact with Mercosur, warns Donald Tusk

The European Union Council president Donald Tusk said it was hard to imagine the bloc ratifying its trade pact with Mercosur as long as Brazil fails to curb the fires ravaging the Amazon rainforest. The EU “stands by the EU-Mercosur agreement”, Tusk told reporters at a G7 meeting in Biarritz in southern France.
Monday, August 26th 2019 - 17:56 UTC
New fires raging in the Amazon; agriculture sector warns Bolsonaro: “nationalistic bravado will not win the game”

Hundreds of new fires are raging in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, official data showed, as thousands of troops were made available to help fight the worst blazes in years following a global outcry. Multiple fires billowing huge plumes of smoke into the air were seen across a vast area of the northwestern state of Rondonia.
Saturday, August 24th 2019 - 16:23 UTC
Amazon fires: Thousands of people protested in front of Brazilian embassies; Montevideo was not an exception

Thousands of people gathered on Friday in front of Brazilian embassies in different cities around the world and Montevideo was no exception. Several hundred protesters, mostly young people, cut off busy Bulevar Artigas Avenue at the embassy of the Amazonian country, whose government is widely criticized for its environmental policies by countless NGOs around the world.
Saturday, August 24th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
G7 summit adds 'Amazon wildfires' to an already thorny agenda, which is scrapping a joint declaration

G7 leaders gathering in France this weekend plan to hammer out “concrete measures” in response to the wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest, putting them on a collision course with Brazil's rightwing leader.
Saturday, August 24th 2019 - 09:53 UTC
Ireland will not sign EU/Mercosur deal unless Brazil takes action to protect the Amazon rainforest

As wildfires rage through the Brazilian Amazon, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has said Dublin will vote against a trade deal between the European Union and Mercosur unless Brazil takes action to protect the rainforest.