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›
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›
Significant support Brazil's leading financial daily Valor Economico recently published research that suggested at least 50 percent of Lula da Silva voters would back a Lula-picked candidate... READ MORE›
Brazil on edge as appeals decision nears in ex-president Lula corruption case... READ MORE›
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›
I want to say that the possibility to approve the reform is very strong, Temer said... READ MORE›
And the only name that represents that is Jair Bolsonaro, Michel said... READ MORE›
Neither man is much welcomed by investors, who have been pushing Temer to enact the unpopular austerity reforms, especially cuts to the pension system... READ MORE›
Brazil's former senator and presidential candidate Marina Silva speaks during a forum hosted by news magazine Veja in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 27, 2017... READ MORE›
Last month, the government of Temer, Rousseff's former vice-president, plunged to 3 percent in one poll... READ MORE›
Riot police detain a man during an anti-impeachment protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday... READ MORE›
Given the volatile political landscape and the weak economy, a sense of hopelessness afflicts many Brazilians... READ MORE›
The judge has not asked for the former president's immediate arrest. Lula's lawyers could not be reached for comment... READ MORE›
Brazilian police had discovered Odebrecht's accounts in the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda and were pressing authorities there to share them... READ MORE›
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›
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›
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›
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sentenced to nine years in prison but is expected to appeal... READ MORE›
There is the Party of the Brazilian Woman, for instance -- a group whose elected members in Congress are all men... READ MORE›
The Lula Institute put out a statement on Thursday saying "former President Lula never participated directly or indirectly in any illegality"... READ MORE›
Brazil's first female president stripped of duties in country's first impeachment in 24 years... READ MORE›
President Michel Temer never solicited payments to obtain the silence of former deputy Eduardo Cunha... READ MORE›
But Ms. Rousseff and her supporters call her ouster a coup that undermines Brazil's young democracy... READ MORE›
Hashtags in support of both Lula and Moro have been trending heavily in Brazil... READ MORE›
President Michel Temer never solicited payments to obtain the silence of former deputy Eduardo Cunha, his office said a statement... READ MORE›
Odebrecht and Braskem were charged with conspiring to violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which is aimed at deterring companies from bribing officials overseas... READ MORE›
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›
Brazil's former President Dilma Rousseff left on Tuesday the official presidential residence, the Alvorada Palace, amid salutations from her supporters... READ MORE›
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›
Fans will be able to choose from up to 70,000 plots at the Corinthians Forever cemetery near Sao Paulo... READ MORE›
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›
The Brazilian Center for Latin American Studies found that more than 92,000 women were killed in gender-related crimes, including rape and domestic abuse, from 1980 to 2010... READ MORE›
SAO PAULO U.S. biotech company Monsanto Co and Microsoft Corp announced on Monday a partnership to invest in agricultural technology startups in Brazil... READ MORE›
The other, Dilma Rousseff, rose even higher, becoming the president of Latin America's largest country... READ MORE›
The contrast spoke volumes about how the artists, intellectuals, unionists and activists on Brazil's left see these Olympics... READ MORE›
A former union organizer with a fourth-grade education, Lula rose to power as a voice for Brazil's disenfranchised poor... READ MORE›
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›
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 poll... READ MORE›
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