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Cuba to pull thousands of doctors from Brazil amid Jair Bolsonaro row: official
Cuba announced Wednesday it will pull thousands of its doctors out of Brazil in response to President-elect Jair Bolsonaro's "direct, contemptuous and threatening" remarks about its medical aid program. The far-right leader repeatedly criticized the communist-run island's "More Doctors" program — which sends thousands of ...
Egypt shelves Brazil visit after Jair Bolsonaro decides to move Israel embassy to Jerusalem
Egypt has postponed a visit by Brazil's top diplomat, Brazil's foreign ministry said on Monday, in a move that two diplomatic sources said was due to the President-elect's vow to relocate the South American country's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. Aloysio Nunes Ferreira was set ...
Brazil media seen pulling punches as Jair Bolsonaro declares war on 'fake news' media's bottom line
For Brazil's right-wing President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, attacking critical press outlets almost daily on social media is not enough. Once in office, he vows to hit their bottom line. With half a billion dollars in public-sector marketing budgets coming under his discretion, the fiery former army ...
Taking cue from Trump, Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro to move Israel embassy to Jerusalem
Brazil's far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro confirmed Thursday the country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, making the Latin American country the largest after the United States to make the controversial switch. The move from Tel Aviv, which will defy Palestinians and most of ...
Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro has often expressed admiration for Donald Trump and appears poised to follow the U.S. president in a radical overhaul of his nation's foreign policy — a move that experts warn could ultimately isolate and hurt Brazil. Bolsonaro, who takes office Jan. ...
Environment activists alarmed as Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro rolls out hard-line agenda
Brazil's far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro started rolling out key points in his hard-line agenda Tuesday, including a move to merge the agriculture and environment ministries that activists warned would imperil the Amazon rain forest. The former army captain huddled with his inner circle at the ...
Trump and Bolsonaro: Is a bromance in the cards for U.S. president and new Brazilian leader?
He has vowed to drain the swamp, slash regulations and get tough with China. Evangelicals and gun-rights advocates love him. He has denounced the media as "fake news." Political foes? Lock 'em up. Brazil's new president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro, is an ardent admirer — and shrewd ...
Brazil entered a new era Monday after electing its next president, Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right congressman who vowed a fundamental change in direction for the giant Latin American country. Bolsonaro, who openly admires Brazil's former military dictatorship and shocked many with his derogatory remarks on ...
Brazil's new far-right president stokes concern among rights groups
In some of his first words to the nation as president-elect, far-right politician Jair Bolsonaro promised to defend the constitution and unite a bitterly divided populace. His left-wing rival immediately vowed to mount a vigorous opposition, while rights groups warned against a rollback of civil ...
Polarized Brazil elects far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro as president
Jair Bolsonaro, a brash far-right congressman who has waxed nostalgic for Brazil's old military dictatorship, won the presidency of Latin America's largest nation Sunday as voters looked past warnings that he would erode democracy and embraced a chance for radical change after years of ...
Jair Bolsonaro's anti-China rants have Beijing nervous about Brazil
The Chinese government is trying to make peace with Brazil's leading presidential candidate, Jair Bolsonaro, whose China-bashing threatens to chill a profitable trading relationship that has benefited both countries. Chinese diplomats based in Brasilia have met twice with top Bolsonaro advisers in recent weeks, according ...
