Tag: Michel Temer

• Saturday, March 30th 2019 - 07:27 UTC

  Brazil's Justice: Michel Temer hit with new corruption charges

  

  Brazil's former president Michel Temer was hit with corruption charges on Friday, just a day after being charged in a separate graft case, the federal prosecutors office in Rio de Janeiro said.

• Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 06:58 UTC

  Brazilian appeals court releases ex president Michel Temer: insufficient evidence for a “preventive” jailing

  

  Brazilian appeals court judge on Monday released former President Michel Temer from jail following his high-profile arrest on graft charges last week, which marked a fresh landmark in the country’s battle against political corruption.

• Monday, March 25th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  Bolsonaro: Brazil owes nothing to the world regarding the environment

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said his country “does not owe the world anything” when it comes to the environment. The far-right leader, who is critical of the Paris climate change accord, was speaking in Chile following Friday’s launch of the Forum for the Progress of South America (PROSUR), a conservative-minded group of South American leaders.

• Saturday, March 23rd 2019 - 09:06 UTC

  Temer's arrest and military pensions' reform brings down Brazilian stock market and weakens currency

  

  Brazilian stocks fell sharply on Friday as the arrest of the country’s former president, Michel Temer, sparked worries that government debate over key fiscal reforms may be delayed.

• Saturday, March 23rd 2019 - 07:17 UTC

  Ex Brazilian president silent on questioning; he could be released on Wednesday

  

  A Brazilian appeals court will decide on Wednesday whether to grant a request for the release of former President Michel Temer, a judge at the court said on Friday. Judge Ivan Athié said that the Regional Federal Court of the 2nd Region (TRF-2) will decide on the petition by Temer's defense.

• Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 14:41 UTC

  Brazil: Former President Michel Temer is arrested

  

  Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was arrested on Thursday on corruption charges, a dramatic development in a sprawling corruption probe that has roiled Brazil has showed no sign of slowing.

• Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 09:34 UTC

  Latam Airlines expected to have a 51% controlling interest in Latam Brazil

  

  Chile’s LATAM Airlines Group SA has asked Brazil’s antitrust regulator Cade to boost its voting stake in LATAM Airlines Brazil to 51%, formalizing a controlling interest in Brazil’s No. 2 airline that for years it was unable to achieve because of local restrictions.

• Tuesday, January 8th 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  Brazilian government and Petrobras in dispute over billions of dollars

  

  Brazil’s Economy Ministry denied that the government would pay US$ 14 billion to state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA to settle a dispute over an oil-producing zone off the Brazilian coast known as the transfer-of-rights area.

• Saturday, January 5th 2019 - 08:54 UTC

  Markets disappointed with Bolsonaro's watered down pensions reform

  

  Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday called for minimum retirement ages significantly lower than those proposed by his predecessor, sparking concerns among investors that he will back watered-down pension reform legislation.

• Thursday, December 27th 2018 - 09:20 UTC

  Brazil opens 100% ownership of Brazilian airlines to foreign investors

  

  Outgoing President Michel Temer issued an executive order that allows foreign groups to own 100% of a Brazilian airline. Previously, non-Brazilians were limited to 20% of shares. The decision occurs in the midst of a bankruptcy proceeding filed by Avianca Brasil.