Tag: senate

When Flying I Feel Like a Nurse in an Ambulance, Going to Tend to Patient Brazil

In 2002, precisely 674,086 voters elected me a senator of the Republic for the ...

There’s a Coup d’État Underway in Brazil, and We Congressmen Are to Blame

In an interview for Magno Martins’ blog, I responded that, in brief, I could ...

Brazilian Senate Starts Enquiry on Foreign Ownership of Amazon

The Brazilian Agriculture and Agrarian Reform Senate Commission seems more dedicated than ever to ...

Brazil’s Congress and the Joy of Treading Mud While Staying in Place

In these weeks leading up to the 120th anniversary of the Abolition of Slavery ...

Brazil’s Congress Back to Its US Parrot Role to Deride Chavez

Some legislative figures in Brazilian capital BrasÀ­lia, who at times apparently confuse their country ...

Brazil Won’t Consider Venezuela’s Admission to Mercosur Before 2008

Venezuela will not be considered by Brazil's Congress for a vote of incorporation as ...

85% of Brazilians Want Their Senate Chief Ousted from Congress

An opinion poll carried out by Ipsos for Brazil's daily newspaper O Estado de ...

Belle at Heart of Brazil’s Senate Scandal Bares It All in Playboy

Monica Veloso, a beautiful journalist and former anchor for Globo TV in Brazilian capital ...

Subdued Chavez Waits for Brazil Vote on Venezuela’s Admission to Mercosur

The Brazilian Lower House Foreign Affairs Committee began this week to consider the official ...

Senate Spits in the Face of the Brazilian People

Brazil’s senators showed their contempt for the people who elected them by spitting in ...