Tag: Lula da Silva

Tuesday, September 14th 2021 - 09:51 UTC
Brazil's STF may sentence Bolsonaro to pay fine over homophobic statements

A lawsuit filed against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro for statements made in March 2011 during a TV show at the time he was a deputy Monday reached the country's Federal Superior Court (STF).
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Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:44 UTC
Brazilian Supreme Judges react to Bolsonaro and call for his impeachment; markets plunge

The leading index of Sao Paulo's stock exchange Bovespa dropped on Wednesday 3,78% to 113,413 points in reaction to Tuesday's “anti-democratic” speeches from Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, and his attacks on the Federal Supreme Court, STF, precisely on Tuesday 7 September, Independence Day.
Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 09:11 UTC
Opposition also stage demonstrations against Bolsonaro in Brazil: law scholars say President should be impeached

Brazilian opposition supporters convened Tuesday to stage their rallies across at least some 160 cities nationwide and express their dislike for President's Jair Bolsonaro's Independence Day celebrations in Brasilia and Sao Paulo.
Tuesday, September 7th 2021 - 09:40 UTC
Bolsonaro and Lula da Silva plan rallies on Tuesday, Brazil's Independence Day

Tuesday 7 September is the Grito do Ipiranga festivity or Independence Day in Brazil, and on this occasion president Jair Bolsonaro supporters and opposition militants will be taking to the streets.
Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 09:01 UTC
Brazil: Lula likens Bolsonaro to former US President Donald Trump

After staging an unprecedented military parade in front of the Planalto Palace, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was heavily criticized by his predecessor and electoral rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who said he wants to imitate Donald Trump.
Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Bolsonaro announces cabinet reshuffle and casts doubts on his running for a second term as Brazil's president next year

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday announced he was evaluating a cabinet reshuffle and also expressed doubts about running for a new term in office in October 2022.
Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:44 UTC
Brazil: Lula says “stupid” Bolsonaro shall not win 2022 elections

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2011) Tuesday asked current President Jair Bolsonaro to stop being “stupid” and forecast the latter shall not be reelected in October 2022.
Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 08:25 UTC
Bolsonaro calls judge opposing printed ballots “an idiot”

One day after saying he could not care less -but with a harsher vocabulary- about the Senatorial Committee (CPI) investigating his management of the coronavirus pandemic, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Luís Roberto Barroso “an idiot.”
Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 09:43 UTC
Bolsonaro vows not to concede defeat if he loses elections through fraud

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday warned he would not hand over his sash to anyone if he is beaten through electoral fraud.
Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:49 UTC
Former Brazil President Lula Da Silva acquitted in yet another corruption case

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was acquitted due to lack of evidence Monday in one of the corruption cases for which he was being tried, it was announced.