Rappler's latest stories on Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil's Bolsonaro takes virus test after showing symptoms
Bolsonaro says he is taking hydroxychloroquine as a preventive measure
Brazil's Senate approves controversial bill against disinformation
One of the bill's most controversial articles will require social media platforms to make supposedly confidential messages available to the judiciary for 3 months, including the identity of senders
Judge orders Brazil's Bolsonaro to wear mask
A lawyer says the president should be held to account for his 'irresponsible behavior'
Brazil accused of manipulating coronavirus toll
(UPDATED) 'Manipulating statistics is a move used by totalitarian regimes,' Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Gilmar Mendes tweets
Brazilians hold rival rallies for and against president
Demonstrators, many dressed in black and wearing face masks, hold banners saying: 'Terrorism is the government's policy of extermination'
Brazil threatens to quit WHO, Trump says U.S. beating pandemic
Bolsonaro criticizes the World Health Organization for suspending clinical trials of the drug hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 – a decision it reversed this week – and threatens to follow in Trump's footsteps by quitting
Brazil's Bolsonaro rallies supporters as U.S. sends unproven drug
The crowd chants 'Myth! Myth! Myth!' – echoing the president's dismissal of the virus pandemic
Bolsonaro rallies with supporters amid coronavirus surge, takes off mask
At one point, Brazil's president even hoists a young boy onto his shoulders
What coronavirus? Brazil cabinet video triggers outcry
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro presides over a cabinet meeting littered with obscenities and tirades, but they barely tackle the coronavirus pandemic
Bolsonaro bets big on 'right-wing' drug against coronavirus
'Right-wingers take chloroquine,' says Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil's coronavirus death toll tops 15,000 – official figures
(UPDATED) The sprawling South American country registers 816 deaths and 14,919 new cases in the past 24 hours
In Brazil, gyms and hair salons are 'essential' businesses
Brazil's far-right president believes that quarantine measures are ruinous for the economy and has dismissed the novel coronavirus as nothing more than a 'weak case of the flu'
Bolsonaro tells rally Brazil lockdown destroying jobs
Jair Bolsonaro blames state governors for continuing a lockdown in a speech outside his presidential palace in Brasilia
President's 'So what?' as 5,000 die sparks fury in Brazil
There are more than 91,000 officially confirmed cases of coronavirus in Brazil
Bolsonaro says WHO encourages kids to be gay, masturbate
Sometimes called the 'Tropical Trump,' Bolsonaro, like his US counterpart, is an avid social media user, firing up his core supporters on Facebook and Twitter
Brazil passes 5,000 deaths from coronavirus
Brazil's health ministry says the death toll could be higher than Tuesday's official figure of 5,107, as the cause of 1,156 further deaths are under investigation
Brazil judge orders probe into accusations against Bolsonaro
In his decision, Judge Celso de Mello gives the federal police 60 days to question ex-justice and security minister Sergio Moro about his allegations against Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil's Bolsonaro joins demo against stay-at-home orders
Brazil, with a population of more than 200 million, has the most COVID-19 cases in Latin America – more than 38,000 as of Sunday, with more than 2,400 deaths
Anti-quarantine Bolsonaro isolates himself politically
'We have to face this virus, but face it like a man, dammit, not a boy. We have to face it with reality. That's life. We're all going to die someday,' Bolsonaro says
Facebook and Instagram remove Bolsonaro video questioning virus quarantine
Brazil's president has repeatedly downplayed the seriousness of the coronavirus
Twitter removes 2 Bolsonaro tweets questioning virus quarantine
Twitter says it had recently expanded its global rules on managing content that contradicted public health information from official sources and could put people at greater risk of transmitting the coronavirus
Brazil's Bolsonaro slams 'scorched-earth' virus quarantines
Brazil's president calls the new coronavirus a 'little flu' that has provoked an 'overblown' reaction
FALSE: Photo of 'President of Italy' crying 'over coronavirus'
The world leader in the photo is Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who cried during a speech in mid-December 2019 over a personal matter
Surprise end to Trump-Bolsonaro visit: a coronavirus cluster
At least 6 people involved have now tested positive for the novel coronavirus
Brazil's Bolsonaro tests negative for coronavirus
The test result comes after media reports earlier said that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tested positive for coronavirus and was awaiting the results of a second test to confirm
Brazilian who met Trump tests positive for COVID-19
Donald Trump says he is unconcerned, and downplays his contact with 'the press aide,' apparently referring to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's communications chief Fabio Wajngarten
Brazil recalls 'all' diplomats, officials in Venezuela
It's the latest hardening of relations between Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro and the government of radical leftist Maduro that he has branded a 'dictatorship'
Brazil's Bolsonaro proposes bill opening indigenous land to mining
The far-right president described the measure as a 'dream' while indigenous leaders have labeled it a 'genocide bill'
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro to skip Davos meeting
A Brazilian delegation will still be present, though details are still unclear
Brazil's Bolsonaro hospitalized for domestic accident
Reports state Jair Bolsonaro hit his head when he slipped in a bathroom at the Alvorado Palace
Bolsonaro: It was wrong to say reporter had 'homosexual face'
Pressed by a reporter on the investigation into his son, President Jair Bolsonaro says 'You have the face of a homosexual, but that doesn't mean I'm going to accuse you of being a homosexual'
U.S. reimposes steel, aluminum tariffs on Brazil, Argentina
Industry leaders in both countries cry foul
DiCaprio denies Bolsonaro accusation of link to Amazon fires
While citing no evidence, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says Leonardo DiCaprio had earmarked part of a $500,000 donation 'for the people who were setting fires'
Bolsonaro asks Brazilians 'not to give ammunition' to Lula
Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro says leftist leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is 'momentarily free, but guilty'
Brazil's leftist icon Lula walks free from jail
The former president vows to keep fighting for poor people and denounces the economic policies of President Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil's Bolsonaro says 'worst is yet to come' on oil spill
Officials say it is not yet possible to quantify the environmental and economic damage from the oil slicks
Mystery oil spills blot more than 130 Brazilian beaches
Tamar, a group dedicated to the protection of sea turtles, says the oil spills were 'the worst environmental tragedy' it has encountered since its formation in 1980.
Pope Francis blames Amazon fires on destructive 'interests'
'The fire of God is warmth that attracts and gathers into unity. It is fed by sharing, not by profits,' says the Pope
Greta's truth-telling and Bolsonaro's politics of denial
Climate change, the Amazon, and Metro Manila congestion
'Fallacy' to say Amazon is the heritage of humankind – Bolsonaro
'It is a fallacy to say that the Amazon is the heritage of humankind, and a misconception confirmed by scientists to say that our Amazon forests are the lungs of the world,' says Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro
As global leaders meet, the Amazon rainforest burns
The rate of deforestation in the Amazon has nearly doubled since far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro came to power in January
Mick Jagger blasts Trump for bad manners, lies, environment
The Rolling Stones singer says 'we are in a very difficult situation at the moment' but that he's thrilled young people 'feel so strongly that they want to protest'
Bolsonaro accuses U.N. rights chief of meddling, praises Pinochet
Brazil's president hits UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet for allegedly meddling in his country's internal affairs by 'attacking our courageous civil police and military'
Brazil president will make video call to Amazon summit
Jair Bolsonaro vows to defend his controversial Amazon policy at the UN General Assembly later this month, even if he has to do so 'in a wheelchair'
Brazil president Bolsonaro to skip Amazon summit on doctor's orders
Bolsonaro is due to undergo surgery to correct an incisional hernia, his fourth operation since he was stabbed nearly a year ago during the presidential campaign
Brazil's Bolsonaro fuels spat with Europe as fires soar
The latest official data show thousands of new fires are ignited across Brazil on Thursday – the first day of a ban on burning –with most of them in the Amazon basin
Brazil's burning ban takes effect as Amazon fires rage
(UPDATED) The decree issued by President Jair Bolsonaro comes after escalating international pressure over the worst fires in the Amazon in years
U.S. ready to fight Amazon fires only in cooperation with Brazil
'The US stands ready to assist Brazil in efforts to combat fires in the Amazon,' National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis tweets
Brazil's Bolsonaro open to G7 aid if Macron 'withdraws insults'
'To talk or accept anything from France, with the best possible intentions, he has to withdraw these words, and from there we can talk,' says Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro
Brazil slams G7 aid offer as Amazon fires rage
(UPDATED) 'We appreciate (the offer), but maybe those resources are more relevant to reforest Europe,' Onyx Lorenzoni, chief of staff to President Jair Bolsonaro, says
