Tag: Senate

Supreme Court's building in Brasília

70% of Brazilian Authorities’ Cases in the Higher Court Have to Do with Corruption

Some 70% of cases involving authorities at the Brazilian Supreme Court and the Superior ...

Brazilian senators discuss new labor law - Marcelo Camargo/ABr

Brazil’s Senate Passes Labor Law, But It Shouldn’t Be Enough to Save President from Impeachment

Brazil’s Senate has passed an overhaul of Brazil’s labor laws, aimed to kickstart an ...

Independence Dragons, the ceremonial police in charge of Palácio do Planalto, the presidential office - Photo: Carolina Antunes/PR

Senate Approves Amendment Proposal that Would Bring Presidential Elections to Brazil Now

Another crack around and within Michel Temer’s administration emerged as a Brazilian Senate Committee ...

Minister of the Supreme, Luiz Edson Fachin - Sergio Lima

Brazil’s Endless Corruption: 4 Ex-presidents, 9 Ministers, 24 Senators and More Being Probed Now

Justice Luiz Edson Fachin of Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled that allegations implicating Brazil’s ...

A Uber driver in Brazil

Brazil Congress Moves to Derail Uber and Company

Brazil’s lower house of Congress voted Tuesday to give cities greater power to regulate ...

Man cleaning building's window

Brazil’s Outsourcing Bill Divides Employers and Workers

The lower house of the Brazilian Congress passed a bill to allow companies to ...

Brazil Gets New Leaders in the House and the Senate and Puts Lula’s Adman in Jail

Deputy Rodrigo Maia, of the Democrats (DEM), was elected speaker of the Brazil’s House ...

59 x 21: Brazil President Gets Hammered in the Senate. No Hope She Can Keep Her Post

By 59 votes to 21, Brazil’s Senate early on Wednesday (August 10) approved Senator ...

Hugo Chavez Finds Out He Has Few Friends in Brazil’s Senate

Brazilian senators postponed on Wednesday until next Tuesday the vote on Venezuela's incorporation to ...

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