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Jair Bolsonaro, waves after voting in the presidential runoff election in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil on Sunday, October 28, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Worrying signs from Brazil

Incendiary comments like calling for opponents to be shot may have stemmed from a stabbing attempt during the campaign...

30 Oct 2018 6:45 PM

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Brazil elects far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro as new president

His opponent, leftist candidate Fernando Haddad, said he would fight to 'defend the freedoms of those 45 million people'...

29 Oct 2018 6:03 AM

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Taking cue from US, Brazil's Bolsonaro to move Israel embassy to...

'Israel is a sovereign state and we shall duly respect that,' he said. Israel's PM called the plan 'a historic, correct...

2 Nov 2018 10:28 AM

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (Photo: AP)

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Indians will no longer require visas to visit Brazil, says its...

Earlier this year, the Brazilian government ended visa requirements for tourists and businesspeople from US, Canada,...

25 Oct 2019 3:28 AM

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leaders latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern. (Photo: File)

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Brazil Prez claims cool guy' Leonardo DiCaprio paid money to WWF to...

Jair Bolsonaro has repeatedly lashed out at various factions in casting blame for the forest fires.

30 Nov 2019 5:34 AM

$Noting that India has \limitless\ possibilities and \countless\ opportunities, the Prime Minister urged the BRICS business leaders to take advantage of them. (Photo: MEA | Twitter)$ India

India world's most open, investment friendly economy: PM Modi at BRICS

Prime Minister Modi said the grouping of five countries had led to economic development despite the global economic...

14 Nov 2019 3:27 AM

Prime Minister Modi met Bolsonaro on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 11th BRICS Summit held here to focus on building mechanisms for counter-terrorism cooperation and strengthen Indias ties with the worlds five major economies. (Photo: MEA | Twitter)

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Brazilian Prez accepts Modi's invitation, to be chief guest at India's...

During his meeting with Bolsonaro, Prime Minister Modi invited the President of Brazil to be the chief guest at the...

14 Nov 2019 2:51 AM

The following day, this morning, I managed to get back a lot of things and now I am fine, Bolsonaro said in a telephone interview with Band television. (Photo: AFP)

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Brazil President lost memory after fall that left him hospitalised

The 64-year-old slipped Monday night in a bathroom at the Alvorada Palace.

25 Dec 2019 4:20 AM

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Possible skin cancer after hospital visit, says Brazil President Jair...

The presidential office, however, said there is no sign that Bolsonaro has a cancer, adding that he had been to hospital...

12 Dec 2019 4:04 AM

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Leonardo DiCaprio refutes Brazilian president's claim that he funded...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro that the Hollywood actor funded nonprofit organisations who are behind the Amazon...

2 Dec 2019 4:32 AM

Jair Bolsonaro also has accused Maduro of being a dictator

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Venezuela's Maduro brands Brazil's Bolsonaro a 'modern Hitler'

He and Bolsonaro have been exchanging barbs since the Brazilian won elections at the end of last year

15 Jan 2019 7:13 AM

he went further when asked about social media at a joint press briefing with his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro. (Photo:AP)

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Trump's scathing attack on social media giants, says 'they are...

President Donald Trump stepped up claims of political bias by Big Tech firms on Tuesday in a fresh assault on Silicon...

20 March 2019 5:09 AM