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IOC BANS ATHLETES FROM FLYING RUSSIAN FLAG AT PYEONGCHANG CLOSING CEREMONY
Russians have been competing as neutral athletes at the Pyeongchang Games, having had their Olympic status suspended as punishment for state-sponsored doping at Sochi 2014... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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›
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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›
BRAZILS FORMER PRESIDENT IS HELD FOR QUESTIONING
The move against Mr. da Silva raises serious questions about his political future and the ambitions of the governing Workers' Party to retain the presidency... READ MORE›
BRAZILS SLUMPING ECONOMY AND BRIBERY SCANDAL EAT AWAY AT DILMA ROUSSEFFS POPULARITY
These strategies were a shift from the 1990s, when Brazil's government ended Petrobras's monopoly, exposing the company to market forces while keeping it under state control... READ MORE›
DILMA ROUSSEFFS IMPEACHMENT ISNT A COUP ITS A COVER-UP
An enormous corruption investigation, known as Operacao Lava Jato, or Operation Car Wash, has exploded in the political system's face... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT SUSPENDED AFTER SENATE VOTE
President Rousseff will now have to step down while the impeachment trial proceeds... READ MORE›
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›
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›
OLYMPIC ATHLETES ARE GORGING THEMSELVES ON FREE MCDONALD'S
At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte ate nearly every meal at McDonald's and won four medals... READ MORE›
ONCE UNDERFED, BRAZIL'S POOR HAVE A NEW PROBLEM
Once underfed, Brazil's poor have a new problem obesity... READ MORE›
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›
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›
FUNDING QUERY OVER RIO CARNIVAL WIN
Beija-Flor, one of Rio's top samba-schools, told the story of the African nation in its carnival parade... READ MORE›
ENTRUSTED TO SAVE BRAZIL THE PARTY THAT RUINED RIO
This is everything that we did not want happening at this moment, said Rio's mayor, Eduardo Paes, a prominent member of Mr. Temer's party... READ MORE›
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›
DILMA ROUSSEFF FACING IMPEACHMENT IN BRAZIL HAS ALIENATED MANY ALLIES
The other, Dilma Rousseff, rose even higher, becoming the president of Latin America's largest country... READ MORE›
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›
'THIS IS A SHAME!' FILTHY WATERS RAISE IRE AHEAD OF RIO OLYMPICS
Decaying remains, fetid sewage and floating garbage in Rio de Janeiro's waterways are fuelling worries about water safety ahead of the Olympics... READ MORE›
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›
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›
'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›
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›
BRAZIL SCALES BACK CARNIVAL FESTIVITIES AS DROUGHT AND WEAK ECONOMY PERSIST
In the sambadrome, where tens of thousands gather to watch the samba schools parade, water pressure to the bathrooms has been reduced fivefold to avoid wastage... READ MORE›
RIO 2016: SAUDI RUNNER AIMS TO BREAK BARRIERS
Marathoner Sarah Attar has inspired other women in Saudi Arabia to take up running as a serious sport... READ MORE›
OUTRAGE OVER RIO DE JANEIRO POLICE'S 'SYMBOLIC APARTHEID'
If young people commit a crime, they should be taken to a police station, not a shelter... READ MORE›
BAD BOY OF BRAZIL FINANCE IS NOW A CATTLE-RANCHING BILLIONAIRE
Two dozen Santa Barbara ranches that were seized years earlier in the Satiagraha case were unfrozen by a judge starting in 2012... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT IN FOR A FIGHT
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is fighting for survival... READ MORE›
BRAZIL'S LULA APPEARS IN COURT IN CORRUPTION CASE
Thousands of Lula supporters descended on Curitiba overnight, mostly members of activists groups and unions, arriving in chartered buses from across the country... READ MORE›
FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LULA FOUND GUILTY OF CORRUPTION
The ruling marked a stunning fall for Lula, Brazil's first working-class president, who left office six years ago with an 83 per cent approval rating... READ MORE›
MOROCCAN BOXER HELD OVER ALLEGED SEX ASSAULT
A Moroccan boxer has been arrested by Brazilian police over allegations of sexually assaulting two female cleaners in the Rio de Janeiro Olympic village... READ MORE›
DAYS BEFORE THE OLYMPICS, RIO FAMILIES SAY GOODBYE TO THEIR HOMES
Rio de Janeiro municipal police officers stand guard during demolition in Vila Autodromo in March... READ MORE›