Tag: Dilma Rousseff

Brazil Senate Sets Date for President’s Impeachment. Rousseff Proposes National Referendum

Brazil’s Senate President Renan Calheiros said that he will meet with party leaders next ...

Brazilians Confused About their Right to Protest During Olympic Competitions

Brazil’s Justice Minister Alexandre de Moraes said the ban on political demonstrations at the ...

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 ...

The 10,000 Men from Rio Olympics Security Forces Were Trained by Israel

Next month’s summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will take place under watchful ...

Brazil’s Presidential Impeachment Sounds More Like a Political Mutiny

On June 27, a board of experts charged with investigating the accusations against Brazilian ...

Dilma Rousseff Clings to Presidency Appealing to Mercosur to Suspend Brazil

In a speech before the United Nations on April 22, Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff ...

Impeachment Act: The Brazilian Plot to Keep Corruption and Impunity Going

The already fragile legitimacy of Michel Temer’s interim government in Brazil took a huge ...

Brazil’s Soft Coup: Calling It People Against Corruption Is Oversimplification

The impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff represents the most significant test for Brazil’s ...

Brazil President’s Mandate Is Now in the Hands of the Senate

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies approved the admissibility of President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment request. With ...