Corruption

People showing their adoration for Lula - Ricardo Stuckert/Inst. Lula

Lula’s Answer to His Conviction for Corruption: Launching Candidacy to President

The former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva responded defiantly to his conviction ...

Brazilians protesting in the streets

Lula’s Conviction Is a Testament to How Far Brazil Has Come as a Democracy

After Dilma Rousseff was ousted as president in August 2016, Brazil’s pro-impeachment camp confidently ...

Lula during a rally - Ricardo Stuckert/Instituto Lula

Lula Defiant After Corruption Conviction: They Want Me Out, I’m Still In

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that his prosecution, ...

Brazil's former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - Ricardo Stuckert/Instituto Lula

Lula Gets Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison. There Goes His Dream of Becoming President Again

Former president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sentenced to nine years ...

US president Donald Trump

What Brazil and Latin America Can Teach About a Donald Trump’s Conceivable Impeachment

Some Americans and members of Congress have called for the impeachment of President Donald ...

Brazilian House of Representatives in Brasília

More and More Congressmen Are Betting Brazil’s President Will Soon Be Ousted

Congressional support for Brazilian President Michel Temer is weakening, lawmakers said, days before the ...

Sergio Zveiter, rapporteur of the Temer case - Photo: ABr

In Another Blow for Brazil’s President, a Key Ally Says There’s Enough Evidence He’s Corrupt

Brazil’s attorney general has accused Temer of accepting bribes from a meatpacking executive in ...

Trash in the state of Ceará - Photo: Maristela Crispim

The Billions Stolen by Brazilian Politicians Are Hurting the Country’s Poorest

Brazil is currently facing its worst recession in decades while corruption allegations consume the ...

Brazilian president, Michel Temer

PSDB, the Latest Party to Leave Scandal-Ridden Brazilian President

Brazil’s Social Democracy Party, PSDB, announced that it will no longer participate in the ...

Act in Brasília backing Car Wash Operation - Marcello Casal Jr/ABr

End of Car Wash Task Force in Brazil Seen as Politicians Trying to Prevent Corruption Investigation

Federal prosecutors in Brazil in charge of the corruption investigation Operation Car Wash, which ...