Tag: Congress
Brazilian Congress Inquiry on Veja Magazine Believed to Be Reprisal
The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) announced that it plans to keep a close ...
Brazil Has No Senate. It’s Been Buried Under Corruption, Omission and Incompetence
The worst thing about a building collapse is that it silences the dead or ...
Brazilians Let Politicians Treat Them as Doormats
Brazil has been a full democracy for over 20 years now and there is ...
Brazil to Chavez: Apologize or No Deal!
Venezuela may need to apologize to Brazil's Congress if it wants to join Mercosur ...
Senate Chairman Upholds Tradition of Treating Brazil with Contempt
At the time of writing we are watching a familiar scene – the chairman ...
While Brazil Seems in a Civil War Congress Only Cares for Pay Hike
No one feels any nostalgia for the last congressional session. Mensalões (monthly payments for ...
Brazil’s Lula Faces Arm-Wrestling Contest with New Congress
The bewildering way in which Brazilian politics work was evident during the election for ...
Congress and State Department on Lobby to Bring American Pilots Back from Brazil
The owner of ExcelAire, the American company that bought the Brazilian-made Legacy jet, which ...
New Brazilian Representative Confesses: I’d Take a Bribe But Only a Big One
Clodovil Hernandes, 70, a self-professed gay, who once was a renowned Brazilian clothes designer ...
Brazilian Elections: Hell Hath No Fury Like a Brasileira Scorned
What to do when your divorce is dragged out in long court proceedings… For ...
