Tag: corruption

Charges of Corruption and Money Laundering Are Fiction, Says Brazil Lula’s Lawyer

Cristiano Zanin Martins, lawyer for Brazil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and ...

It’s High Time Brazil Got Rid of Its Stray-Dog Complex

To bastardize Charles Dickens: It was the worst of times, and it was the ...

Amazon’s Uncontacted Kawahiva People Face Annihilation

On UN Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Survival International is calling for the full demarcation and ...

The Olympic Chaos and Corruption Don’t Stop in Rio. They Are All Over the Sports World

Wounds have opened. recriminations are all around. The Rio Olympic Games, even before the ...

The Meaning of Brazil’s Protests and a Who Is Who of the Main Villains

A wave of pro-impeachment protesters against Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, representing the largest political ...

Brazilians Back on the Streets Calling for President’s Impeachment

Major Brazilian cities were swept by protests on Sunday demanding an end to corruption ...

Brazil Opposition Blames Government for Robbing Petrobras to Stay in Power

A jailed former executive at state-controlled oil multinational Petrobras Paulo Roberto Costa has reportedly ...

Brazil Finds 2000 Corruption Cases Against the State and US$ 9 Bi Embezzled in 7 Years

Approximately US$ $9.3 billion may have been embezzled in seven years, according to a ...

Social Movements in Brazil Unite for the Right of Protesting

Representatives from social movements in Brazil have condemned the charges against 23 activists of ...

Social Movements in Brazil Unite for the Right of Protesting

Representatives from social movements in Brazil have condemned the charges against 23 activists of ...