RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian President Michel Temer discussed a free trade agreement (FTA) with visiting Chilean President Sebastian Pinera in Brasilia on Friday. Acknowledging the “strong” economic ties between Brazil and Chile, Temer called […]
BRASILIA – Brazil’s Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles will step down from the government next week and join the ranks of the ruling Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, opening the possibility that he will run in the […]
BRASILIA – Brazilian President Michel Temer has announced the creation of a public security ministry after giving the military full control over security in crime-plagued Rio de Janeiro. Temer came to the city to meet […]
BRASILIA – A politician from Rio de Janeiro, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2016 after a judge found him guilty of submitting a 15-year-old girl to prostitution, rape and intimidating behavior, […]
BRASILIA – Brazilian Industry minister Marcos Pereira resigned on Wednesday, becoming the third cabinet minister to quit in a month. A few hours after Pereira stepped down, the leader of the government-allied Brazilian Labor Party, […]
SAO PAULO – The former chairman of the world’s largest meatpacker, whose testimony implicated Brazil’s president in corruption, turned himself in to police Sunday after the country’s Supreme Court ordered his arrest. Joesley Batista has […]
BRASILIA – Brazil’s former president Lula da Silva has responded defiantly to his conviction on corruption charges by formally launching his candidacy for next year’s presidential election. In an impassioned speech Thursday at his Workers’ […]
BRASÍLIA – Brazil’s President Michel Temer has been cleared of charges that he received illegal campaign funds in a 2014 election, a ruling that allows him to stay in office. By four votes to three, […]
SÃO PAULO – The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil earlier this week ordered criminal investigations of over 100 politicians who are allegedly linked to the ongoing Odebrecht corruption scandal involving bribery and money laundering. Eight […]
A partial police shutdown over unpaid wages put Rio de Janeiro on edge Friday, sparking fears of chaos similar to that seen in a neighboring Espirito Santo state where police are in revolt and criminals […]
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