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The government is working toward creating a social brand and other weekly topics
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 13 Jul 2020

Congress may resume discussion of Tax Reform. On Thursday, July 16, congressmen may analyze presidential vetoes. President Jair Bolsonaro sanctions the new regulatory framework for the sanitation sector. The president may also sign a decree regulating the law that deals with suspension of labor c...

Mourão seeks to mitigate wear on environmental policy
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 10 Jul 2020

Today, Vice President Hamilton Mourão, head of the Amazon Council, said that the deforestation warnings in the region in June occurred because measures to contain it began too “late”. According to Mourão, Operation Green Brazil ideally would have started in December, 2019. Measures to prevent...

Polls point to stability for Bolsonaro
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 09 Jul 2020

The DataPoder360 poll found that the negative (bad/very bad) assessment of the Jair Bolsonaro government dropped by two points (48% to 46%), a number that is within the margin of error. Positive evaluations (excellent/good), in turn, remained stable at 29%, as did “regular” evaluations (20%). Whe...

After contamination, Bolsonaro tries to build a narrative
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 08 Jul 2020

After confirming his coronavirus contamination, President Jair Bolsonaro has started to create a narrative that could mobilize his supporters. Yesterday, Bolsonaro posted a video on social media in which he takes a hydroxychloroquine pill, stating that he feels “very well” after three doses of th...

Bolsonaro tested positive for COVID-19
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 07 Jul 2020

President Jair Bolsonaro announced on July 7 that he tested positive for the coronavirus. In an announcement made live on TV Brasil, CNN and Rede Record, Bolsonaro said he has a fever of 38ºC, but that his temperature is already decreasing. He also reported that he had been feeling uneasy and tir...

Education Minister appointment still pending
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 06 Jul 2020

After a strong reaction from the so-called "ideological wing", President Jair Bolsonaro´s intention to appoint the state secretary of Paraná, Renato Feder, to the Ministry of Education was rendered unfeasible. Last night, after becoming the target of attacks on social media, Feder thanked Bolsona...

A complex municipal election and other weekly topics
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 06 Jul 2020

President Jair Bolsonaro is expected to announce the new Minister of Education. He is also expected to sanction Provisional Measure 936, which allows for salary and working hour cuts during the pandemic. The House may vote on Provisional Measure 925, which includes aid to the aviation sector. Flá...

The dispute for the Ministry of Education
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 03 Jul 2020

​The media reported today that President Jair Bolsonaro had defined Paraná´s Secretary of Education, Renato Feder, as the new Minister of Education. Feder was already wanted for the job after Abraham Weintraub left. However, Bolsonaro ended up opting for Professor Carlos Decotelli, who resigne...

Bolsonaro tries to minimize wear at the Mercosur Summit
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 02 Jul 2020

During his participation in the virtual summit of the Mercosur, President Jair Bolsonaro made an appeal to the group of leaders to guide their negotiators to make free trade agreements with the European Union (EU) and the Efta (bloc formed by Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein), and l...

Bolsonaro unhappy with approval of the bill to fight fake news
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 01 Jul 2020

While speaking to supporters today in front of the Alvorada Palace, President Jair Bolsonaro expressed his opposition to the approval yesterday of the bill against fake news in the Senate by stating, "The proposal should not seek to avenge." Bolsonaro stated that if the proposal also passes in th...

Unemployment and Decotelli´s resignation put more strain on the government
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 30 Jun 2020

Data released today by the National Continuous Monthly Household Survey (PNAD Continuous) of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) shows that the unemployment rate rose to 12.9% in the three-month period ending in May, reaching 12.7 million people. According to the survey, in...

Minister of Education´s inauguration postponed
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 29 Jun 2020

The Ministry of Education continues to cause problems for President Jair Bolsonaro. Carlos Alberto Decotelli, appointed to the position last week, had his inauguration ceremony – scheduled for tomorrow, June 30 – postponed after revelations of inconsistencies in his resume. At the Planalto Palace...

The emergency aid battle and other weekly topics
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 29 Jun 2020

The mid-year recess of the Judiciary begins on Friday, July 3. In the Lower House, deputies will continue the vote on Provisional Measure no. 944, which concerns credit lines to finance companies’ payrolls. In the Senate, the highlight is the bill on fake news. There is pressure to include the bi...

New tensions amid the armistice
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 26 Jun 2020

This week, President Jair Bolsonaro managed to advance in the armistice between the powers. In addition to signaling dialogue with the presidents of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Dias Toffoli, the House of Deputies, Rodrigo Maia, and the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre, the victory achieved by the def...

Bolsonaro signals for an understanding between the powers
BRAZIL POLITICS · Report · 25 Jun 2020

In a ceremony held today at the Planalto Palace, the President of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro, stated that the “understanding” with the presidents of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Dias Toffoli, of the House, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ) and the Senate, Davi Alcolumbre (DEM-AP), signals that “better ...

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