Tag: #JairBolsonaro
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro tests negative for COVID-19
26th July 2020: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has tested negative for the disease coronavirus on Saturday. According to reports, on social media Bolsonaro posted a photo saying he tested negative followed by “BOM DIA A TODOS” or “GOOD MORNING EVERYONE” in Portuguese. – RT-PCR para Sars-Cov 2: negativo.– BOM DIA A TODOS. pic.twitter.com/CkdV59yGXP — Jair…
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro ‘fed up’ with Quarantine
14th July: Jair Bolsonaro who tested positive for the coronavirus last week plans to get tested again. According to reports, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive for the coronavirus a week back. On Monday, the President announced that he wants to get himself retested as he is fed up with his week-long quarantine period. He…
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro tests positive for COVID-19
7th July: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus. According to reports, Brazilian’s Jair Bolsonaro after developing symptoms and fever tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. Bolsonaro, who has been an outlier among world leaders in his skepticism of both the coronavirus and preventive measures intended to curb it, has been taking the…
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro in maiden India visit
New Delhi, Jan 24 (AFP/APP): Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro arrived for his first official visit to India on Friday aiming to boost ties between the two stuttering BRICS economies and with fellow right-wing leader Narendra Modi. Critics call both men authoritarian and populist in the mould of leaders like US President Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin…
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Amazon indigenous leaders accuse Brazil of ‘genocide’ policy
Piaracu, Brazil, Jan 18 (AFP/APP): Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s pledge to open up the Amazon to mining companies was tantamount to “genocide”, indigenous leaders said Friday at a meeting to oppose the government’s environmental policies. Hundreds of elders gathered this week at Pairacu, deep in the rainforest, to form a united front against Bolsonaro’s environmental…
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro says ‘fine’ now but lost memory after fall
Sao Paulo, Dec 25 (AFP/APP): Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro temporarily lost his memory after hitting his head in a fall at his official residence, he said in an interview on Tuesday. The 64-year-old slipped Monday night in a bathroom at the Alvorada Palace, the latest health scare for the Brazilian leader who was wounded in…
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro hospitalized for domestic accident
Sao Paulo, Dec 24 (AFP/APP): Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized Monday after suffering a fall at his official residence in Brasilia, the latest health scare for the 64-year-old, his office said. Local media reported that Bolsonaro hit his head when he slipped in a bathroom at the Alvorada Palace. He was taken to the…
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God, family, homeland: Brazil’s Bolsonaro launches new party
Brasília, Nov 21 (AFP/APP): Brazil’s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday launched a new political party called the Alliance for Brazil, which will put an emphasis on God, family and homeland, as he tries to win back evangelical voters. “If I had done this sooner, we would have gotten 100 deputies and a senator elected…
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Bolsonaro says China part of Brazil’s future
Brasília, Nov 13 (AFP/APP): China is increasingly part of Brazil’s future, President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday, signaling a more pragmatic approach to the Latin American country’s biggest trade partner. Standing alongside Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia, Bolsonaro said he hoped the two countries could not only increase but also “diversify…
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro to walk diplomatic tightrope at BRICS
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 12 (AFP/APP): Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro will walk a diplomatic tightrope Wednesday when he hosts his Chinese counterpart, as he seeks to boost ties with Beijing and avoid upsetting key ally Donald Trump. Just weeks after his first official visit to China, Bolsonaro will hold talks with Xi Jinping in Brazil’s…