Tag: elections

No More Rigid Coalitions: Brazilian Congress Ends Party Piggybacking

By a vote count of 329 to 142, Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies approved, Wednesday, ...

Brazilian Troops Use Guns and Tear Gas During Haiti Elections

Brazilian troops were responsible for the security of 88 voting centers in the Haitian ...

Brazil: Election Gives Voters Chance to Clean Up Congress

Brazilian Congressmen have started to make some long-needed reforms in the House of Representatives. ...

Brazil’s Election Board Will Show Parties Expenditures on the Internet

Adding transparency to party funding and standardizing the reporting of party spending. This is ...

The Dream Is Dead. Most Brazilians No Longer Trust Lula.

Most Brazilians (52%) no longer trust their President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. A ...

Irresponsible and Lazy, Brazilians Like to Live Dangerously

One of the most disturbing aspects of the ongoing scandal involving allegations that Brazil’s ...

In Brazil, Most Voters Have No Idea Who or What They Are Voting For

At least 70 million of Brazil’s 121 million voters are illiterate or failed to ...

Brazil in the Opec, Just an Electoral Trick

Whoever imagines Brazilian President Lula following his own advice, in other words, waiting to ...