Brazil

Brazil Attorney General Jose Eduardo Cardozo sees impeachment case against President Rousseff illegal

Brazil's Attorney General Jose Eduardo Cardozo believes that the impeachment case against President ...

Apr 05, 2016 03:46 AM EDT

Supreme Court strips Ex-President Lula da Silva from new office

Brazil's top judge has ruled the former president Lula da Silva to be put out of his new ministerial...

Mar 21, 2016 05:04 AM EDT

Survey shows 68 percent want Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff impeached over corruption allegations

Dilma Rousseff is planning to sue Senator Delcidio Amaral for defamation after he threw corruption a...

Mar 21, 2016 01:37 AM EDT

Brazil's ex-president accepts Cabinet post amidst corruption charges and government probes

Brazil's former president, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, accepts his successor's offer to be her Chief ...

Mar 17, 2016 07:27 AM EDT

How the world learned its lesson and got a climate deal

It was an agreement born from a fear of failure, delivered by the smoothness of French diplomacy. Si...

Dec 13, 2015 09:50 PM EST

Brazilian exchange launches app to track illegal timber trade

Brazil's environmental assets exchange BVRio on Tuesday launched an app that promises to help foreig...

Nov 24, 2015 11:51 PM EST

Few answers and 28 still missing three days after Brazil dams burst

Three days after a massive mudflow and flood caused by ruptured dams at an iron ore mine, Brazilian ...

Nov 09, 2015 01:04 AM EST

Greenpeace report slams Brazil plan for Tapajos dam in Amazon

Greenpeace called on Brazilian authorities on Tuesday to reject an environmental assessment for a hy...

Sep 30, 2015 04:31 AM EDT

Rio de Janeiro mayor bans Uber, open to debating regulation

The mayor of Rio de Janeiro said on Tuesday he would ban the use of ride-hailing app Uber in the cit...

Sep 29, 2015 10:26 PM EDT

Mexico withheld millions in tax refunds from P&G, Unilever, Colgate

Mexico's government withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in tax refunds owed to Procter & Gamble...

Sep 02, 2015 02:19 AM EDT

Brazil judge says president's ex-chief of staff may have been bribed

A federal judge in Brazil overseeing a sweeping corruption investigation said on Tuesday there were ...

Aug 25, 2015 09:02 PM EDT

Brazil protests aim to oust embattled President Rousseff

Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered across Brazil on Sunday to call for the impeachment of P...

Aug 16, 2015 06:24 PM EDT

Brazil police arrest Lula minister in bribery scandal

Brazilian police on Monday arrested former government minister Jose Dirceu, one of the most senior m...

Aug 04, 2015 05:56 AM EDT

Brazil probes currency market activity of 15 global banks

Fifteen of the world's largest banks are under investigation on suspicion of rigging the Brazilian c...

Jul 02, 2015 06:50 PM EDT

Rousseff's main ally eyes Brazil's presidency in 2018

For the last 20 years, Brazil's largest political party has not once fielded a presidential candidat...

May 17, 2015 10:46 AM EDT

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