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• 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 post to allow investigations for his corruption case.

• 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 allegations at the president and her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

• Brazilian Leader Rousseff faces cries for her resignation

  President Rousseff of Brazil faced protests and cries for her recognition after she appointed Former President Lula as Chief of Staff. Lula was supposed to be investigated for charges of bribery and money-laundering until the appoitnment made him immune from persecutions except by the Supreme Court.

• Brazilian tycoon found guilty for corruption, money-laundering scandal, per judge verdict

  A Brazilian construction tycoon has been sentenced to for 19 years in prison over a corruption scandal involving the state oil company Petrobras.

• Brazil arrests push Petrobras probe back to Rousseff's door

  President Dilma Rousseff’s austerity program to fix Brazil's shaky finances is again in trouble after her point man in the Senate was arrested in a widening corruption scandal, and it could reignite calls for her impeachment.

• Brazil speaker faces ethics investigation on Swiss accounts

  A Brazilian congressional ethics committee decided on Monday to investigate whether lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha lied in a corruption hearing about Swiss bank accounts that prosecutors say he controls.

• Brazil police raid company owned by Lula son in corruption probe

  Brazilian police raided the offices of a company owned by the son of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday as part of a bribery investigation that threatens to drag his family into yet another scandal.

• Rousseff accuses Brazil opposition of 'coup-mongering'

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Tuesday her opponents are trying to overthrow a democratically elected government by seeking to oust her without any material facts while spreading hatred and intolerance across Latin America's largest country.

• Lula throws weight behind Scioli's bid for Argentina presidency

  Brazil's popular but scandal-weary former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva endorsed Argentina's ruling party presidential candidate on Wednesday, shoring up Daniel Scioli's credentials with the political left a month and a half before the election.

• Brazil police arrest Lula minister in bribery scandal

  Brazilian police on Monday arrested former government minister Jose Dirceu, one of the most senior members of the ruling Workers' Party to be detained so far in a corruption scandal engulfing state-run oil company Petrobras.

• Brazil prosecutors present charges against Odebrecht CEO

  Brazilian prosecutors, declaring war on what they called a culture of impunity, presented charges on Friday against the CEO of Latin America's largest engineering firm as part of a landmark investigation of a kickback and bribery scandal.

• 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 candidate, instead content to partner with the eventual winner to retain a share of power. No longer, it appears.

• Brazil arrests former Italian guerrilla pending deportation

  Brazilian police arrested on Thursday an Italian former leftist guerrilla wanted for murder in his country, but released him hours later after an injunction suspended his deportation.

• Brazil's Rousseff popularity plunges amid scandal, bad economy

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's popularity has plunged by nearly half since her recent re-election as a severe government corruption scandal, an economic slowdown and surging prices for electricity, gasoline and bus fares left voters feeling misled.

• Failure to stop Petrobras scandal could haunt Brazil's Rousseff

  When federal investigators first identified signs of corruption at Petrobras in 2009, Dilma Rousseff insisted Brazil's state-run oil company had nothing to hide.

• Leftist Rousseff narrowly wins second term in Brazil

  Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff narrowly won re-election on Sunday after convincing voters that her party's strong record of reducing poverty over the last 12 years was more important than a recent economic slump.

• Economic bounce, tough campaign point to Rousseff win in Brazil

  President Dilma Rousseff looks positioned to narrowly win a second term on Sunday thanks to a slight rebound in the economy and her success in portraying her rival as an elitist who would take Brazil back to a more heartless era.

• Rousseff puts Cardoso, 83, at core of Brazil's election battle

  Under pressure in Brazil's closest election race in decades, President Dilma Rousseff is centering her campaign around a familiar bogeyman - an 83-year-old former president associated with a more turbulent, elitist era.

• Brazil's Rousseff to face pro-business Neves in election runoff

  Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff placed first in Sunday's election but did not get enough votes to avoid a runoff and will face pro-business rival Aecio Neves, who made a dramatic late surge to finish a strong second.

• Petrobras scandal shakes up Brazil's presidential race

  Brazil's October presidential race has been shaken up by a corruption scandal allegedly involving state-run oil firm Petrobras and dozens of lawmakers, with both leading candidates forced onto the defensive after colleagues were implicated.

• Volkswagen spied on Lula, other Brazilian workers in 1980s

  Volkswagen AG spied on Brazilian union activists in the 1980s and passed sensitive information about wage demands and other private discussions to the country's military dictatorship, according to newly uncovered documents seen by Reuters.