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MANTEGA, 67, WAS ORDERED RELEASED FROM CUSTODY A FEW HOURS LATER.

A few hours after his arrest, federal Judge Sergio Moro ordered Mantega released from custody...

22nd September, 2016 431

FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA HAS DENIED ANY WRONG DOING AFTER CORRUPTION CHARGES WERE FILED AGAINST HIM.

Former Brazilian President 'Lula' Da Silva to stand trial for corruption...

21st September, 2016 90

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RIO DE JANEIRO--FORMER PRESIDENT LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA MUST STAND TRIAL ON CHARGES OF MONEY LAUNDERING AND CORRUPTION, A BRAZILIAN JUDGE RULED TUESDAY.

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva allegedly received benefits from Group OAS...

21st September, 2016 0

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...

21st September, 2016 870

LULA DA SILVA, 65, WAS INAUGURATED AS BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT IN 2003 AND HANDILY WON HIS BID FOR A SECOND TERM.

This novel is coming to an end, Lula da Silva said...

16th September, 2016 467

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...

15th September, 2016 756

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.

Dallagnol said Lula, who became a hero to many poor Brazilians during his 2003-10 government, was being charged with corruption and money laundering as part of the scheme...

15th September, 2016 2329

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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...

7th September, 2016 1064

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WAS THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS AGAINST BRAZIL'S DILMA ROUSSEFF JUSTIFIED?

Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was impeached on Wednesday, after the final vote in Senate...

2nd September, 2016 0

RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL'S DILMA ROUSSEFF, A FORMER MARXIST GUERRILLA WHO ROSE TO BECOME HER COUNTRY'S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT, WENT OUT AS SHE ALWAYS HAS FIGHTING.

But she lacked Lula's charisma and negotiating skills, a fatal flaw in rough-and-tumble Brazilian politics...

1st September, 2016 0

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...

1st September, 2016 1197

japantimes.co.jp

BRAZIL SENATE OUSTS PRESIDENT ROUSSEFF ESTRANGED RUNNING MATE TAKES OVER

In May, Temer took over as interim president after the Senate impeached and suspended Rousseff...

1st September, 2016 0

SPEAKING TO HER SUPPORTERS FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE AFTER THE VOTE, ROUSSEFF PLEDGED TO APPEAL HER IMPEACHMENT, WHICH SHE CALLED A PARLIAMENTARY COUP.

Edison Lobao, of the PMDB, who voted for Rousseff's ouster, said: "I couldn't have voted differently regardless of who was the president...

1st September, 2016 158

WATCH IS BRAZIL'S DILMA ROUSSEFF A VICTIM OF A COUP?

Sixty-one of 81 senators voted to impeach Rousseff on Wednesday after a five-day trial and a lengthy overnight debate...

1st September, 2016 7

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BRAZILIAN SENATE VOTES TO STRIP DILMA ROUSSEFF OF PRESIDENCY

A two-thirds majority was needed to suspend her, but she escaped with 42 votes in favor, 36 against, and three abstentions...

1st September, 2016 0

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ON 17 APRIL, MS ROUSSEFF LOST HER FIRST MAJOR BATTLE IN CONGRESS, WHEN 367 MPS APPROVED THE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST HER.

Barely hours after three MPs from Ms Rousseff's Workers' Party said they would vote against Mr Cunha in the committee, the Speaker accepted an impeachment request against the president...

31st August, 2016 9

BRAZIL'S SENATE VOTED 61-20 WEDNESDAY TO REMOVE PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF FROM OFFICE, FINDING HER GUILTY OF BREAKING BUDGETARY LAWS IN AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL.

Dilma Rousseff ousted by Brazil Senate impeachment vote...

31st August, 2016 87

A DEFIANT DILMA ROUSSEFF DELIVERED WHAT MAY BE HER LAST SPEECH AS PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL ON MONDAY, APPEALING TO SENATORS NOT TO VOTE FOR HER OUSTER.

Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rouseff makes impassioned speech to stay in office...

30th August, 2016 0

BUT THAT WILL BE HARD TO DO, AS ROUSSEFF HAS LIVED IN THE SHADOW OF AN IMPEACHMENT THREAT FOR MORE THAN A YEAR.

Allies said there was little chance the president would survive the final impeachment vote...

30th August, 2016 23

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BRAZIL'S ROUSSEFF CALLS IMPEACHMENT TRIAL A POWER GRAB

Lima also responded directly to Rousseff's characterization of her impeachment trial as an attempted coup d'etat...

30th August, 2016 0

MANY LAWMAKERS HAVE CITED THE SCANDAL DURING THIS LONG IMPEACHMENT PROCESS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT PART OF THE CASE AGAINST ROUSSEFF.

But even Rousseff's supporters acknowledge that it will be difficult to stop the momentum in Congress for impeachment...

30th August, 2016 9

sbs.com.au

ALL INDICATIONS POINT TO THE SENATE CONVICTING ROUSSEFF, ENDING 13 YEARS OF RULE BY THE LEFTIST WORKERS' PARTY.

'Unreal' During questioning that followed Rousseff's 45-minute speech, pro-impeachment Senator Simone Tebet said that as president, Rousseff had criminally mismanaged Brazil's accounts by taking the unauthorized loans...

29th August, 2016 0

PRESIDENT ROUSSEFF TO TAKE STAND IN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

President rousseff to take stand in impeachment trial -- what's at stake?...

29th August, 2016 0

ROUSSEFF, 68, IS ACCUSED OF TAKING ILLEGAL STATE LOANS TO HELP BRIDGE BUDGET SHORTFALLS AND MASK THE TRUE STATE OF THE ECONOMY DURING HER 2014 REELECTION CAMPAIGN.

Lula rose from poverty to found the Workers' Party and become one of Brazil's most popular presidents ever before helping Rousseff take his place...

28th August, 2016 2

BUT HE WON'T BE PLAYING FRIDAY'S OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONIES FOR HIS HOMETOWN'S 2016 GAMES.

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

5th August, 2016 615

CRISE (KREE-SEE) THIS ONE IS EASY ENOUGH TO TRANSLATE INTO ENGLISH, BUT IN BRAZIL, IT OFTEN REFERS TO THE COUNTRY'S CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS.

At protests, coxinhas sing the national anthem, wave the Brazilian flag, and wear yellow and green...

3rd August, 2016 217

japantimes.co.jp

A BRAZILIAN JUDGE HAS ACCEPTED CHARGES AGAINST FORMER PRESIDENT LUIZ INACIO LULA DA SILVA FOR ALLEGEDLY OBSTRUCTING A CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION INVOLVING ST

Former Brazilian President Silva to stand trial for allegedly obstructing corruption investigation...

30th July, 2016 0

IT'S BEEN A HARD YEAR FOR BRAZIL -- AND ESPECIALLY FOR RIO.

Brazil's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year...

30th July, 2016 72

BRAZIL'S SUSPENDED PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF HAS ANNOUNCED THROUGH AN AIDE SHE WILL NOT ATTEND THE TORCH CEREMONY OPENING THE RIO 2016 OLYMPIC GAMES.

Brazil's Dilma Rousseff to skip Rio Olympics ceremony...

27th July, 2016 36

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THE UNNAMED GIRL'S MOTHER AND DOCTORS WERE EXCOMMUNICATED FOR AGREEING TO WEDNESDAY'S EMERGENCY ABORTION YET THE CHURCH HAS NOT TAKEN FORMAL STEPS AGAINST THE STEPFATHER, WHO IS IN CUSTODY.

Brazil is one of the most populous Catholic countries, but conservative attitudes in rural areas are strongly at odds with the relatively progressive public view of abortion in major cities...

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THE PENULTIMATE TELEVISED DEBATE BEFORE NEXT WEEKEND'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS OVERSHADOWED BY THE HOMOPHOBIC RANT OF ONE OF THE FRINGE CANDIDATES.

Brazil presidential candidate airs homophobic rant during TV debate...

29th September, 2014 8006

EX-PRESIDENT LULA JOINS BRAZILS CABINET GAINING LEGAL SHIELD

It is hard to find a part of Brazil's political system that has not been tarnished...

17th March, 2016 6904

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.

Now, with the deepening inquiry into Mr. da Silva, her most powerful supporter is facing doubts about his own legitimacy and political future...

4th March, 2016 4584

FORMER PRESIDENT LULA FACES QUESTIONING BY POLICE OVER BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL

Polls suggest Lula remains Brazil's most popular politician, but his reputation has come under unprecedented attack...

11th September, 2015 3717

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...

20th March, 2015 3107

BRAZIL TRANSFIXED AS VOTES ARE CAST ON IMPEACHING DILMA ROUSSEFF

Ms. Rousseff can still appeal to the Supreme Federal Tribunal, Brazil's highest court, though it rejected previous motions to have the impeachment measure dismissed...

17th April, 2016 2986

WITH PROSECUTORS SEEKING HIS ARREST, MR. DA SILVA WAS SWORN IN AS CHIEF OF STAFF TO HIS PROTEGE AND SUCCESSOR, PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF.

Tempers Flare in Brazil Over Intercepts of Calls by Ex-President Lula...

18th March, 2016 2803

BRAZIL SEEKS ARREST OF EX-PRESIDENT IN GRAFT INQUIRY

This is an attempt to muzzle a political leader, Mr. da Silva's lawyer, Cristiano Zanin Martins, said in a statement...

11th March, 2016 2274

SIXTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF BRAZILIANS ARE IN FAVOR OF IMPEACHING MS. ROUSSEFF, ACCORDING TO A NEW OPINION SURVEY BY DATAFOLHA, ONE OF BRAZIL'S LEADING POLLSTERS.

Ms. Rousseff, Brazil's first female president, asked in the interview...

25th March, 2016 2115

IN BRAZIL, PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF IS FACING AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, AND HER INTERIM SUCCESSOR HAS APPOINTED ONLY MALE MINISTERS.

South Americas Powerful Women Are Embattled Is Gender a Factor...

15th May, 2016 2002

BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF WILL TEMPORARILY STEP ASIDE AFTER A CLEAR MAJORITY OF SENATORS VOTED TO GO AHEAD WITH IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS EARLY THURSDAY.

Former brazil president 'clear case' for dilma impeachment...

12th May, 2016 1980

DEMOCRACY CAN BE A MYSTIFYING, ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE AFFAIR ANYWHERE, BUT BRAZIL'S CONGRESS HAS FEW EQUALS.

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

14th May, 2016 1893

IN BRAZIL, PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF IS FACING AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL, AND HER INTERIM SUCCESSOR HAS APPOINTED ONLY MALE MINISTERS.

South Americas Powerful Women Are Embattled Is Gender a Factor...

15th May, 2016 1803

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IN DECEMBER, PROSECUTORS CHARGED EXECUTIVES FROM SIX OF THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST CONSTRUCTION FIRMS FOR ALLEGEDLY CHANNELLING KICKBACKS INTO A PETROBRAS SCHEME TO PAY POLITICIANS.

Investigators allege private firms paid corrupt officials in order to get lucrative Petrobras contracts...

6th March, 2015 1784

THE LULA INSTITUTE PUT OUT A STATEMENT ON THURSDAY SAYING "FORMER PRESIDENT LULA NEVER PARTICIPATED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN ANY ILLEGALITY".

The warrants were granted by Judge Sergio Moro in Curitiba, where the Lava Jato investigation is based...

4th March, 2016 1729

SURPRISE MOVE BY INTERIM LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER COMES DAYS BEFORE CONSIDERATION OF MOTION AND PROMPTS SPECULATION HE MAY BE ACTING ON BEHALF OF PREDECESSOR

But Maranhao's calls for the senate to return the process to the lower house were met with derision...

10th May, 2016 1549

BRAZIL'S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT STRIPPED OF DUTIES IN COUNTRY'S FIRST IMPEACHMENT IN 24 YEARS

Dilma Rousseff suspended as senate votes to impeach Brazilian president...

12th May, 2016 1515

EFFORT TO IMPEACH BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF CLEARS CONGRESSIONAL PANEL

Ms. Rousseff remains widely unpopular as Brazil endures its worst economic downturn in decades...

12th April, 2016 1362

RECORD BRAZIL PROTESTS PUT ROUSSEFF'S FUTURE IN DOUBT

As in previous protests, Sunday's rallies were led by middle-class Brazilians angry over growing allegations of corruption in Rousseff's administration...

14th March, 2016 1297

A HIGHER COURT JUDGE OVERTURNED A LOWER COURT'S INJUNCTION SEEKING TO BAR MR. DA SILVA FROM TAKING OFFICE.

The latest twist in the crisis underscores the tumult in Brazil over Mr. da Silva's nomination...

19th March, 2016 1244

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ROUSSEFF TELLS LULA THAT SHE IS SENDING HIM A DOCUMENT WHICH HE CAN USE "IF NECESSARY".

A phone conversation between Rousseff and Lula - taken earlier that day - was released to the public...

18th March, 2016 1108

BRAZIL'S LULA DETAINED IN CORRUPTION PROBE ROUSSEFF OBJECTS

Police picked up Lula at his home on the outskirts of Sao Paulo and released him after three hours of questioning...

4th March, 2016 1017

NONETHELESS, BRAZIL CAN PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN TWO LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES THAT ARE OF GROWING IMPORTANCE TO THE UNITED STATES.

In Cuba, Brazil could play a constructive role in the economic and political evolution of the island as the Castro era comes to an end...

21st March, 2015 941

ON APRIL 11, A COMMITTEE IN BRAZIL'S LOWER HOUSE VOTED TO RECOMMEND IMPEACHMENT.

But what happens in the coming weeks in Brazil has longer-term implications for elected socialist governments throughout Latin America...

17th April, 2016 939

telegraph.co.uk

MS ROUSSEFF, WHO WAS CHAIRMAN OF PETROBRAS AT THE TIME OF THE MULTI-BILLION POUND KICKBACK SCHEME, WAS THEN RE-ELECTED LAST OCTOBER IN A CLOSELY FOUGHT VOTE.

Ms rousseff is the least popular president as revelations of a massive corruption scandal damage the brazilian leader...

17th August, 2015 744

BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF BEGAN A WEEK THAT COULD MAKE OR BREAK HER ADMINISTRATION WITH A BRUISING DEFEAT IN A CONGRESSIONAL IMPEACHMENT COMMITTEE.

President suffers damaging setback as committee sets stage for full vote in lower house of Congress later this week...

12th April, 2016 629

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...

2nd May, 2016 617

ACCORDING TO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S MISSIONARY COUNCIL FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CIMI, 138 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN CLASHES OVER LAND LAST YEAR, A RISE OF 130 PERCENT OVER 2013.

Ton argues that tension between landowners and indigenous peoples is likely to rise if the amendment is passed...

29th October, 2015 583

AND GREECE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO RUN A SUBSTANTIAL PRIMARY BUDGET SURPLUS FOR NOW.

After all, they said, Greece was a eurozone member, not a developing country...

21st July, 2015 576

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"TO MANY BRAZILIANS AND OBSERVERS THE CONTROVERSIAL IMPEACHMENT PROCESS MORE CLOSELY RESEMBLES A COUP D'ETAT," SANDERS SAID IN A STATEMENT ISSUED ON MONDAY.

Her critics say Rousseff's interventionist economic policies and inability to govern led to the debacle in Latin America's largest country...

10th August, 2016 0

MACHADO SAID THAT TEMER HAD ORCHESTRATED A 400,000 BRIBE FOR A PMDB CANDIDATE IN SAO PAULO'S 2012 MAYORAL ELECTION.

Brazil's government has only been in office for a few weeks, and it's already battling corruption allegations...

17th June, 2016 14

independent.co.uk

DILMA ROUSSEFF WILL NOT FACE HER IMPEACHMENT TRIAL QUIETLY

Only major reforms can keep Brazil from moving from crisis to crisis, says Eduardo Giannetti da Fonseca, an economist and author in Sao Paulo...

13th May, 2016 15

sbs.com.au

ROUSSEFF SUSPENDED AS SENATE VOTES FOR IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

Brazilian markets have for weeks rallied as investors welcomed the likely dismissal of a president they believe crippled the economy, were largely unchanged on Wednesday...

12th May, 2016 6

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BRAZIL'S DILMA ROUSSEFF OUSTED BY SENATE AS ECONOMIC ISSUES, OLYMPICS LOOM

Brazil's Rousseff ousted by Senate as economic issues, Olympics loom...

12th May, 2016 115

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL -- AS SHE DESPERATELY FIGHTS OFF IMPEACHMENT, PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF SOMETIMES COMPARES HER REMOVAL TO THE MILITARY OVERTHROW OF A LABOR-FRIENDLY GOVERNMENT IN 1964.

Ghosts of Brazil's past haunt presidential impeachment crisis...

11th May, 2016 81

ATTORNEY GENERAL REQUESTS ANNULMENT OF IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST BRAZIL PRESIDENT.

Dilma Rousseff takes impeachment fight to Supreme Court...

11th May, 2016 36

BRAZIL MEAT PACKER JBS DENIES MAKING UNDECLARED PAYMENTS FOR ROUSSEFF CAMPAIGN

JBS SA, the world's largest beef producer, denied a Saturday newspaper report that it had made illegal payments for President Dilma Rousseff's 2014 reelection campaign...

8th May, 2016 32

SO BRAZIL IS LIKELY TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF THIS WEEK?

As soon as Wednesday, Brazilian senators are expected to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, suspending her from office...

7th May, 2016 18

FACEBOOK CEO MARK ZUCKERBERG CALLS ON BRAZILIANS TO PROTEST FOR CHANGE

Brazilians have been leaders in connecting the world and creating an open internet for many years...

4th May, 2016 5

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THE BILLBOARD'S PROMOTERS CLAIM IT TARGETS THE MOSQUITO SPECIES THOUGHT TO BE SPREADING ZIKA, AEDES AEGYPTI.

Of course, the mosquito-killing billboard doesn't just trap Aedes aegypti...

3rd May, 2016 58