Tag: Michel Temer

• Thursday, August 30th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  Emergency in Brazil: 700/800 Venezuelans cross the border daily, claims Temer

  

  The Brazilian government may restrict entrance of Venezuelans at the border in the remote northwestern state of Roraima, President Michel Temer said on Wednesday, after a flood of migrants has strained local services and sparked violence with residents.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 08:21 UTC

  Brazil Supreme Court to decide on freight rates imposed by government

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court will rule as soon as possible on several challenges to the constitutionality of a law imposing minimum freight prices, but no ruling will come on Monday, Supreme Court Justice Luiz Fux said.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 - 06:59 UTC

  OAS Observation Mission Visits Brazil ahead of October elections

  

  The Chief of the Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS) to the October 7 general elections in Brazil, the former President of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla, arrived in Brasilia to learn about the advances made in the organization of the election. This is the first time that the OAS has observed an electoral process in Brazil.

• Friday, August 17th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  Temer endorsing two candidates for October's presidential election

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer is endorsing another party’s candidate as well as his own in October’s presidential election. On the day the campaign took off, Temer said in an interview published on Thursday by the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper that he sees former Sao Paulo Gov. Geraldo Alckmin of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party as a candidate who would carry on with his work.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2018 - 07:30 UTC

  There Is a Right-Wing Coup Underway in Brazil, but Justice will prevail

  

  By Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (*) Curitiba.- Sixteen years ago, Brazil was in crisis; its future uncertain. Our dreams of developing into one of the world’s most prosperous and democratic countries seemed imperiled.

• Friday, August 10th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  Brazil farmers criticize law establishing minimum truck freight rates

  

  Brazil’s President Michel Temer signed into law a bill authorizing the government to set minimum truck freight prices, drawing criticism from farm groups who said the measures would drive up costs for food.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2018 - 14:39 UTC

  Temer urges presidential hopefuls to ensure a continuity of current economic policies

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer on Monday called for continuity of his policies after the end of his term in December. At a business event in Sao Paulo, the president urged his successor to maintain the agenda implemented by the current administration and said the reforms he initiated need to be continued.

• Saturday, July 28th 2018 - 08:33 UTC

  Lula pledges to block or undo privatizations if returned to office

  

  Brazilian jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged on Friday to block or undo privatizations if he is returned to the office he held from 2003 to 2010.

• Saturday, July 21st 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Brazil big businesses have a presidential ticket: ex Sao Paulo governor and CEO of largest textile group

  

  Business-friendly Brazilian presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin got the strongest boost yet to his campaign after a centrist coalition agreed to back him and chose their potential vice-presidential pick.

• Friday, July 6th 2018 - 10:37 UTC

  Brazil's labor minister suspended by the Supreme Court on fraud investigation

  

  Brazil's labor minister was suspended Thursday by a Supreme Court justice as part of an investigation into fraud. Helton Yomura cannot enter the Labor Ministry's offices or have contact with its staff, said Joana Dantas, a ministry press officer.