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›
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›
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›
The penultimate televised debate before next weekend's presidential election was overshadowed by the homophobic rant of one of the fringe candidates... READ MORE›
In my government, President Lula will have the necessary powers to help us, to help Brazil, Ms. Rousseff said... READ MORE›
As Brazils credit rating is slashed to junk status, police say the countrys most popular politician may have benefited from kickbacks from the state oil company... READ MORE›
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... READ MORE›
A judge in the capital, Brasilia, issued an injunction against the move, arguing that Ms. Rousseff may have violated the law in appointing Mr. da Silva... 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›
And investigators are looking into whether proceeds from the scheme were used to finance Mr. da Silva's and Ms. Rousseff's presidential campaigns... READ MORE›
Ms. Rousseff, Brazil's first female president, asked in the interview... 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›
Brazil's Attorney General Rodrigo Janot has accused many senior politicians of taking bribes... 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›
Ms. Rousseff and her top aides argue that the impeachment proceedings amount to a coup... READ MORE›
The corruption scandal has already strained Rousseff's ties with her main coalition partner, the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party PMDB ... READ MORE›
The latest twist in the crisis underscores the tumult in Brazil over Mr. da Silva's nomination... 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›
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›
But what happens in the coming weeks in Brazil has longer-term implications for elected socialist governments throughout Latin America... 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›
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 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›
After all, they said, Greece was a eurozone member, not a developing country... READ MORE›
Big parts of the Brazil model, it turns out, were glued together with kickbacks, dirty money and lies... 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›
Standard Poor's first awarded Brazil investment grade status in 2008, under Lula... READ MORE›
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