Brazil’s Bolsonaro Heads to Davos as Son Faces Corruption Probe
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, is heading towards Switzerland...
January 21, 2019Topic
Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil and Argentina Discuss Easing Mercosur Trade Rules
Brazil and Argentina are discussing the possibility of easing Mercosur’s trade rules and allowing members of the bloc to negotiate...
January 17, 2019
Art Performance Alluding to Torture is Closed in Rio
The closing of an exposition alluding to torture during Brazil’s military dictatorship years has received widespread criticism. Officials, however, say...
January 14, 2019
Opinion: Brazil’s Bolsonaro – How’s He Doing in 2019?
Immediately after his formal swearing-in as Brazil’s President, Jair Messias Bolsonaro gave two speeches. The first was to the assembled...
January 3, 2019
Far-Right President Bolsonaro Sworn in as President in Brazil
Vowing to bring Brazil together as a nation, Jair Bolsonaro was sworn in as the country’s 38th President on Tuesday,...
January 2, 2019
Extra Security Expected for Brazil’s Bolsonaro Inauguration
While most Brazilians make plans for New Year’s Eve and Day, a select group of people are working around the...
December 27, 2018
Bolsonaro Taps Admiral Albuquerque Junior as Mines and Energy Minister
This morning (Friday, November 30th), president-elect Jair Bolsonaro named Admiral Bento Costa Lima Leite de Albuquerque Júnior to take over...
November 30, 2018Opinion: Brazil’s Bolsonaro – How’s He Doing?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As the weeks pass since Jair Bolsonaro won election as President,...
November 16, 2018
Bolsonaro Asks Lava Jato Judge Moro and Astronaut to be Ministers in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Aiming to keep the campaign promise that he would...
November 1, 2018