Tag: Elections
Brazil Breaks Own Record with 63,880 Murders in 2017 or 175 per Day
Brazil had a record number of murders last year, with homicides rising 3.7% from ...
Brazilian Evangelicals, Swinging Hard to the Right, Could Put a Trump-like Populist in the Presidency
Even as the overall population of Christians in the United States declines, evangelicals have ...
Although in Jail, Lula Is Nominated by His Party to Be Presidential Candidate
Brazil’s leftist Workers’ Party nominated its charismatic founder Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for ...
15 of 20 Brazil’s Presidential Hopefuls Have Problem with Justice
At least 15 of the 20 candidates who might run for president of Brazil ...
Greenwald: Brazil’s Right Jailed Lula Because They Could Not Defeat Him at the Polls
In Brazil, former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has begun serving a ...
Appeals Court Confirms Lula’s Conviction for Corruption Barring Him from Running for President
Appeals court judges in Brazil on Monday unanimously upheld an earlier decision to reject ...
Eager to Fix Politics, Brazil’s Justice May Be Breaking the Rule Of Law.
On January 24, a Brazilian appeals court upheld a criminal conviction against former President ...
Sentenced to 12 Years in Jail, Lula Says Only Death Will Take Him Out of Politics
A Brazilian appeals court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by former Brazilian President Luiz ...
Brazil’s Workers Party Chief Warns Many Will Be Killed If Lula Is Not Allowed to Run for President
Brazilian Senator and president of the Workers Party, PT, Gleisi Hoffmann said that jailing ...
Worried About the Economy and Corruption Brazilians Have Been Neglecting the Amazon
It’s never easy to predict what will happen next in Brazil. A year ago, ...
