Workers' Party

Brazil recovers $125 million corrupt money from foreign banks

Brazil said that it has recovered $125 million that has been channelled to overseas banks through co...

Apr 25, 2016 10:30 AM EDT

Brazil opposition bolsters impeachment case against Rousseff

Opposition lawyers filed a new petition to Congress for the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma...

Oct 22, 2015 02:42 AM EDT

North Korea to release South Korean student held since April: Seoul

North Korea will hand over a South Korean college student, holding a U.S. green card, later on Monda...

Oct 05, 2015 02:28 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 VP dismisses rumor of split with President Rousseff

Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer denied rumors on Friday that he was dropping the job of handli...

Aug 08, 2015 07:45 AM EDT

Allies of Brazil's Rousseff see leadership vacuum as economy sinks

Allies of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff have begun talking with her opponents about filling what...

Aug 07, 2015 02:59 AM EDT

Petrobras scandal prosecutors seek tougher anti-corruption laws

Prosecutors who uncovered Brazil's biggest corruption case called on Friday for tougher prison sente...

Mar 21, 2015 08:47 AM EDT

Top Brazilian politicians investigated in Petrobras scandal

Brazil's Supreme Court will investigate the speakers of both houses of Congress and 32 other sitting...

Mar 07, 2015 06:44 AM EST

Brazil probe of dictatorship period not satisfied by Volkswagen testimony

The leader of a truth commission investigating abuses during Brazil's 1964-85 military dictatorship ...

Feb 28, 2015 04:26 AM EST

Petrobras scandal about to hit Brazil's political class

Brazil's top prosecutor is expected to file charges in coming days against politicians implicated in...

Feb 25, 2015 06:02 PM EST

Brazilian companies push for deal to minimize Petrobras scandal

Some of the companies caught up in a massive corruption scandal at state-run oil firm Petrobras are ...

Feb 21, 2015 06:32 AM EST

Brazil leader Rousseff's popularity undented by Petrobras scandal

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's approval rating has not suffered from a widening corruption sca...

Dec 18, 2014 08:30 AM EST

North Korea's 'princess' moves closer to center of power

In her slim-fitting trouser suits and black-heeled shoes, Kim Yo Jong cuts a contrasting figure to h...

Nov 27, 2014 10:30 PM EST

Brazil minister quits, urges Rousseff to 'restore confidence'

A Brazilian minister resigned on Tuesday and urged leftist President Dilma Rousseff to appoint an "i...

Nov 11, 2014 09:03 PM EST

Brazil's Rousseff re-elected by grateful working-class, country divided

Despite opposition from nearly half of Brazil's voters, leftist President Dilma Rousseff won re-elec...

Oct 27, 2014 02:52 AM EDT

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