Politics

President Michel Temer and his predecessor Dilma Rousseff - EBC

Counting the Days to the Ouster of Second Brazil President in One Year

Brazil’s president Michel Temer is already fighting a devastating corruption scandal, but this week ...

Lula hugs senator Gleisi Hoffmann just elected first woman president of the PT - Ricardo Stuckert/PT

Brazil’s PT Elects New Party Leader and Moves to Make Lula President Again

Brazil’s leader of the Workers Party (PT) in the Senate, Gleisi Hoffmann, from the ...

Independence Dragons, the ceremonial police in charge of Palácio do Planalto, the presidential office - Photo: Carolina Antunes/PR

Senate Approves Amendment Proposal that Would Bring Presidential Elections to Brazil Now

Another crack around and within Michel Temer’s administration emerged as a Brazilian Senate Committee ...

Brasil Terminal Portuário (BTP) at Alemoa, part of the Santos port complex

Brazil President Celebrates End of Recession. Not So Fast, Say Economists

President Michel Temer posted on his Twitter account celebrating the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ...

Brazilian farm workers - Sebastião Salgado

Brazil’s Left Is Proposing an Economy Based on Workers

cial and political movements in Brazil are organizing a “popular emergency plan” meant to ...

Act in solidarity with Car Wash operation in Brasília - Marcello Casal Jr/Ag. Brasil

Brazil Is No More the Poster Child for Fighting Hunger and Poverty

Tape recordings of Brazilian President Michel Temer and Senator Aécio Neves allegedly encouraging the ...

Former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff

Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff: Martyr, President, Martyr

An exclusive interview by Democracy Now: Dilma Rousseff on Her Ouster, Brazil’s Political Crisis & ...

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Moody’s Lowers Brazil’s Credit Rating, But Doesn’t Anticipate a Double-Dip Recession

Brazil’s economy is clearly growing again after a severe recession and will be shielded ...

Out with Temer, says protester's banner - Paulo Pinto/Ag PT

Badly Wounded, Brazil’s President Seems Incapable to Go Through with Country’s Incipient Recovery

Brazil’s massive corruption scandal – which has brought down dozens of politicians and business ...

Protesters burn buildings and fight the police in Brasília - José Cruz/ABr

Responding to Pressure, Brazil President Removes Army from Capital

Brazilian President Michel Temer has called troops back off the streets of Brasília following ...