Tag: Workers Party

• Friday, November 10th 2023 - 10:34 UTC

  Brazil’s ruling party criticizes Bolsonaro's meeting with Israeli ambassador

  

  Israel’s Ambassador to Brazil Daniel Zohar Zonshine has been accused of meddling in local politics following his meeting with former President Jair Bolsonaro to watch a video of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, it was reported.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2022 - 21:19 UTC

  Future Colombian VP meets with Lula in Brazil

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT) welcomed Colombia's Vice President-elect Francia Márquez, who is on a South American tour before taking office on Aug.7.

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 22:25 UTC

  Bolsonarist murderer of PT treasurer remanded

  

  A Brazilian court has ordered Jorge José da Rocha Guaranho to be remanded after charging him with murdering Workers' Party (PT) Treasurer Marcelo Arruda in Foz do Iguaçu, a city on the Brazilian sector of the three-way border with Argentina and Paraguay.

• Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:59 UTC

  Brazil: Lula's PT in trouble as Bolsonaro closes in

  

  The Workers' Party (PT) of former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva has been reported to be facing financial problems ahead of this year's elections as President Jair Bolsonaro keeps closing in on most polls.

• Thursday, February 24th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Brazil: New survey says Bolsonaro would win presidential elections

  

  According to a new survey, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro would win the presidential elections in the October 2 first round, slightly ahead of Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT), who would nevertheless return to the Planalto Palace in Brasilia after a landslide runoff victory.

• Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Brazil: Lula celebrates PT's 42 years of fighting social inequality

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Friday celebrated the Workers' Party (PT) 42nd anniversary and stressed his will to change Brazil following the Oct. 2 elections, when he is favored to return to the Planalto Palace.

• Monday, December 6th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

  Lula to appear at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires this week

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva will attend celebrations in Buenos Aires on Dec. 10 marking a new anniversary of the return to democratic rule, which was announced in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 09:34 UTC

  Brazil's STF poised to terminating Bolsonaro's secret funds

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) looked poised Tuesday to bring the existence of confidential funds to an end. According to this mechanism dating back to 2020, a parliamentarian acts each year as “budget rapporteur,” suggesting federal agencies where and how to spend that money.

• Saturday, October 23rd 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazilian financial markets get shaky after Bolsonaro insists on increasing social spending

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Friday insisted he would not take any adventurous steps as he expressed his full support for Economy Minister Paulo Guedes amidst a rocking financial market.

• Thursday, July 15th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Brazil: Bolsonaro flown to São Paulo for possible emergency surgery

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been rushed late Wednesday from Brasilia to a São Paulo hospital after being diagnosed with an intestinal obstruction which might require emergency surgery, it was reported.