Recent News Headlines : Brasilia. ricardo Lewandowski - United States

BRAZIL JUDGE SEIZES EX-PRESIDENT LULA'S PASSPORT


A federal judge in Brazil has seized the passport of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and banned him from leaving the country... READ MORE

26th January, 2018 169

UPENDING BRAZILS PRESIDENTIAL RACE, COURT UPHOLDS FORMER LEADERS CONVICTION


Prosecutors have portrayed Mr. da Silva, who has also been charged in six other corruption cases, as a linchpin of Brazil's endemically corrupt political system... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 1690

BRAZIL ON EDGE AS APPEALS DECISION NEARS IN EX-PRESIDENT LULA CORRUPTION CASE


Brazil on edge as appeals decision nears in ex-president Lula corruption case... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 1619

BRAZIL POISED FOR LULA APPEAL VERDICT


Three judges in Brazil will shortly decide whether to uphold a prison term given to the country's former President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 187

BRAZIL PRESIDENT TEMER SAYS PENSION CHANGES REMAIN ON AGENDA


I want to say that the possibility to approve the reform is very strong, Temer said... READ MORE

20th January, 2018 48

PERU MOVES TO IMPEACH SCANDAL-HIT PRESIDENT PEDRO PABLO KUCZYNSKI


Peruvian officials begin impeachment process against president kuczynski... READ MORE

20th December, 2017 448

Trending News Headlines : Brasilia. ricardo Lewandowski

ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION, POPULARITY NEAR ZERO WHY IS BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT STILL IN OFFICE?


Last month, the government of Temer, Rousseff's former vice-president, plunged to 3 percent in one poll... READ MORE

17th October, 2017 71772

OPERATION CAR WASH: THE BIGGEST CORRUPTION SCANDAL EVER?


Zavascki was in the process of reviewing numerous Car Wash testimonies that were expected to further implicate politicians in Brazil and other countries in Latin America... READ MORE

2nd June, 2017 24454

DILMA ROUSSEFF TARGETED IN BRAZIL BY LAWMAKERS FACING SCANDALS OF THEIR OWN


In particular, Ms. Rousseff and her supporters have argued, how can the impeachment process be directed by someone who is going on trial for corruption himself?... READ MORE

15th April, 2016 8974

BRAZIL'S EX-PRESIDENT LULA CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION IN OIL KICKBACK SCANDAL


Dallagnol said that Lula, because of his control of the machinery of the Workers' party and the Brazilian government, was the central figure in the scheme... READ MORE

15th September, 2016 2329

FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LULA CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION AND MONEY LAUNDERING


Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sentenced to nine years in prison but is expected to appeal... READ MORE

12th July, 2017 1977

BRAZILS MOST ENTERTAINING SHOW MAY BE CONGRESS


There is the Party of the Brazilian Woman, for instance -- a group whose elected members in Congress are all men... READ MORE

14th May, 2016 1893

BRAZILIAN POLICE DETAIN FORMER PRESIDENT LULA IN CORRUPTION INQUIRY


The Lula Institute put out a statement on Thursday saying "former President Lula never participated directly or indirectly in any illegality"... READ MORE

4th March, 2016 1729

DILMA ROUSSEFF SUSPENDED AS SENATE VOTES TO IMPEACH BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT


Brazil's first female president stripped of duties in country's first impeachment in 24 years... READ MORE

12th May, 2016 1515

DILMA ROUSSEFF IS OUSTED AS BRAZILS PRESIDENT IN IMPEACHMENT VOTE


But Ms. Rousseff and her supporters call her ouster a coup that undermines Brazil's young democracy... READ MORE

1st September, 2016 1197

TENSION GRIPS BRAZIL AS EX-PRESIDENT LULA APPEARS IN COURT ON CORRUPTION CHARGES


Hashtags in support of both Lula and Moro have been trending heavily in Brazil... READ MORE

10th May, 2017 1170

BRAZIL TUMBLES LIKE 'HOUSE OF CARDS' IN CRISIS


The plot to Brazil's political crisis has become so complicated that even makers of political drama 'House of Cards' joke they are now following events... READ MORE

18th March, 2016 1108

ROUSSEFF LEAVES PRESIDENTIAL RESIDENCE TO SALUTATIONS FROM SUPPORTERS


Brazil's former President Dilma Rousseff left on Tuesday the official presidential residence, the Alvorada Palace, amid salutations from her supporters... READ MORE

7th September, 2016 1064

EX-BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT DA SILVA CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION


Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been convicted and sentenced to nine years and six months in prison for corruption and money laundering... READ MORE

12th July, 2017 875

BRAZIL'S EX-PRESIDENT LULA TO STAND TRIAL FOR CORRUPTION IN BRIBERY SCANDAL


Workers' party supporters claim the Lava Jato investigation is politically biased and that most of those accused in other parties will not be held to justice... READ MORE

21st September, 2016 870

DILMA ROUSSEFF IMPEACHMENT: VOTES MOUNT AGAINST BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT - LIVE


A wall erected down the center of the lawn separated several thousand Rousseff supporters from a similar-sized group of pro-impeachment protesters... READ MORE

12th May, 2016 759

FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LULA CHARGED IN MASSIVE CORRUPTION SCANDAL


Brazilians had known that Lula was under investigation, and police had recommended charges against him last month for allegedly accepting improper renovations to a seaside apartment... READ MORE

15th September, 2016 756

BRAZIL ROUSSEFF: MPS HOLD KNIFE-EDGE IMPEACHMENT VOTE


Impeachment vote For Ms Rousseff to be removed from office permanently, two-thirds of the Senate would have to vote in favour... READ MORE

17th April, 2016 715

BRAZIL'S CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE VOTES IN FAVOUR OF IMPEACHING DILMA ROUSSEFF


Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff began a week that could make or break her administration with a bruising defeat in a Congressional impeachment committee... READ MORE

12th April, 2016 629

RIO'S ALTERNATIVE OPENING CEREMONY SHOWCASES THE LEFT'S ANGER OVER THE OLYMPICS


The contrast spoke volumes about how the artists, intellectuals, unionists and activists on Brazil's left see these Olympics... READ MORE

5th August, 2016 615

ANALYSIS | TWO POSSIBLE PATHS FOR BRAZIL'S MOST BELOVED EX-LEADER: PRISON OR THE PRESIDENCY


A former union organizer with a fourth-grade education, Lula rose to power as a voice for Brazil's disenfranchised poor... READ MORE

13th May, 2017 605

BRAZIL WORKERS PARTY FALLS FROM GRACE


In 1986, Mr. da Silva was elected to Congress and, two years later, a Workers' Party candidate won the mayoralty of Sao Paulo, the country's largest city... READ MORE

13th May, 2016 555

DILMA ROUSSEFF STARES DOWN THE SPECTRE OF IMPEACHMENT


But the president is also losing support among traditional Workers party supporters... READ MORE

13th August, 2015 532

FINANCIAL CALAMITY DECLARED IN RIO WEEKS BEFORE OLYMPICS, BUT GAMES WILL GO ON


On Friday morning, Rio state Finance Minister Julio Bueno said that if the state were a company, it would enter into judicial recovery... READ MORE

18th June, 2016 502

ROUSSEFF, LULA CHARGED IN PETROBAS CORRUPTION PROBE


Popular leftist leader Lula accuses political rivals of targeting him in court to push him off next year's ballot... READ MORE

6th September, 2017 499

BRAZIL'S LULA EXTENDS LEAD IN 2018 VOTE DESPITE GRAFT CONVICTION


Brazil's Lula extends lead in 2018 vote despite graft conviction poll... READ MORE

1st October, 2017 452

MICHAEL TEMER TAKES REINS AS BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT WITH PLEDGE TO REBUILD COUNTRY


She now faces trial by the Senate on charges of doctoring government accounts to give an unrealistically healthy impression ahead of the 2014 election... READ MORE

13th May, 2016 429

'ENORMOUS CULPABILITY': BRAZIL'S MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN LULA SENTENCED TO NEARLY 10 YEARS IN PRISON


Congressman introduces articles of impeachment against donald trump... READ MORE

12th July, 2017 360

BRAZIL FORMER PRESIDENTS LULA AND ROUSSEFF CHARGED IN CORRUPTION CASE


The prosecutor, Rodrigo Janot, alleged that eight members of the Workers Party, including Lula and Rousseff, committed a series of crimes involving state-owned oil firm Petrobras... READ MORE

6th September, 2017 339

SCANDALS, PROTESTS, WEAK GROWTH: IS LATIN AMERICAS LEFT IN RETREAT?


, Argentina and Cuba so they can turn Latin America into one big Bolivarian socialist republic, yelled Eduardo Mendes, a computer science student... READ MORE

22nd March, 2015 330

DISILLUSIONMENT FOR SUPPORTERS OF BRAZILIAN LEADER


According to a recent poll by Datafolha, a research institute, Ms. Rousseff's approval among the poorest Brazilians has dropped to 16 percent, down from 50 percent in December 2014... READ MORE

16th April, 2016 328


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