Brazil: Defense Tells Supreme Court Mensalão Corruption Scheme Never Existed
José Luis de Oliveira Lima, the defense lawyer for José Dirceu, the former presidential ...
Brazil: Corruption Is Just One of 7 Crimes Mensalão Defendants Are Charged with
Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) finally began to judge the case of the “mensalão” (the ...
Alas, in Brazil, the Greener Times Seem to Be in the Past
Contradiction festers in Rio de Janeiro as international fervor surrounding June’s lackluster Rio +20 ...
In Brazil’s Trial of the Century Culture of Impunity Should Play Big Role
In the first session dealing with the mensalão case, technically, Penal Case 470, the ...
Brazil’s Trial of the Century Might Prevent Lula from Running for Prez a Third Time
Seven years after a corruption scandal rattled the government of former Brazilian president Luiz ...
Worst Corruption Case in Brazilian History Is on Trial Now by the Supreme Court
There are 243 fixed seats for spectators at the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF). For ...
Chavez Rewards Brazil with a US$ 1 Billion Deal for Venezuela’s Mercosur Entry
The president of Brazil Dilma Rousseff and her colleague Hugo Chavez of Venezuela signed ...
After Two Years in Power Brazil President Gets an A in Economy, Politics and Foreign Policy
“Nobody will want you. You will be deformed”, the 22-year-old prisoner was told in ...
For Amazon Indians the Belo Monte Dam Means the Destruction of the House of God
The Belo Monte Dam project along the Xingu River had its preliminary plans drawn ...
Brazilian President in London as Ambassador for 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff travels to London this Tuesday afternoon where she will have ...
