Corruption

Federal Police agents visit Odebrecht

Brazil’s Odebrecht Bribe Bug Has Already Infected 11 Countries

Despite their different political affiliations and ideologies, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, former Brazilian ...

Former president Lula and judge Sergio Moro

Lula Gets Assurances from Moro He Doesn’t Face Imminent Arrest

Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after almost five hours of testimony ...

People protest against Lula in Brazil - ABr

Brazil’s Lula Finally Meets the Judge Who Might Derail His Race to the Presidency

  It took close to five hours the deposition of former President Luiz Inácio ...

Minister of the Supreme, Luiz Edson Fachin - Sergio Lima

Brazil’s Endless Corruption: 4 Ex-presidents, 9 Ministers, 24 Senators and More Being Probed Now

Justice Luiz Edson Fachin of Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled that allegations implicating Brazil’s ...

Former speaker of the House, Eduardo Cunha - ABr

Brazil’s Former House Speaker and Jailbird Threatens to Blow Up Business World

In jail for fraud, Eduardo Cunha, Brazil’s former lower house speaker and chief architect ...

Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) building in Brazilian capital Brasília

If All Goes As Planned, Brazilian President Will Fend Off Trial and Complete Mandate

Brazil’s top electoral court on Tuesday delayed proceedings in a landmark trial about illegal ...

President Michel Temer checking his cell phone - Beto Barata/PR

Brazil Prosecutor Wants President Temer Impeached for Illegal Campaign with Rousseff

Brazilian President Michel Temer since taking office, in May 2016, has faced one crisis ...

A picture from the Labor Ministry shows slave work - Sergio Carvalho/MTE

For Many Brazilians the Dream of Prosperity in the Amazon Ends Up in Slavery

The dictionary definition of a settler, “one who emigrates to populate and/or exploit a ...

Ana Luiza Junqueira Vilela Viacava jailed for land grabbing in the Amazon - Federal Police/Publicity

Vilela: A Brazilian Family Synonymous with Terror in the Amazon

Every month, a group of wealthy women representing some of Brazil’s most exclusive and ...