Tag: Bolsonaro

Brazilian President Bolsonaro Leaves Hospital, Says Will Be Back at Work Monday

BRASILIA—Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday left the Sao Paulo hospital where he had been for four days undergoing treatment for complications following a near-fatal 2018 stabbing, and said he will be back at his desk in Brasilia on Monday. “I’ll be back in the presidency tomorrow,” Bolsonaro told the media as he left the…


Brazil’s President Suggests CCP Virus Created to Wage ‘Biological Warfare’

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro floated the idea that the CCP virus may have been a lab product created to carry out “biological warfare.” “It’s a new virus. Nobody knows whether it was born in a laboratory or because a human ate some animal they shouldn’t have,” he said in a speech on May 5. “But…


3 Brazilian Military Chiefs Quit Following Bolsonaro’s Replacement of Defense Minister

The leaders of all three branches of Brazil’s armed forces jointly resigned Tuesday following President Jair Bolsonaro’s replacement of the defense minister. The Defense Ministry reported the resignations—apparently unprecedented since at least the end of military rule 36 years ago—in a statement released without giving reasons. Replacements were not named. The announcement came after the…