Politics

Temer talks to the Nation - Beto Barata/PR

Brazil’s President Response to Hush Money Accusation: I Repeat, I Will Not Resign

Brazilian President, Michel Temer, said this Thursday he will not resign, after an explosive ...

Michel Temer and Eduardo Cunha

Taped Talk Shows Brazil President Approving Hush Money. Opposition Wants Impeachment

On March 7, at around 10:30 p.m., businessman Joesley Batista entered the Brazilian presidential ...

Federal Police agents visit Odebrecht

Brazil’s Odebrecht Bribe Bug Has Already Infected 11 Countries

Despite their different political affiliations and ideologies, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, former Brazilian ...

Cutting down the Amazon - SEMA

Bad Times Being Used as Excuse to Dramatically Increase Cutting Down the Amazon

From sweeping cuts of funds to protect forests, to the loosening of conservation of ...

Former president Lula and judge Sergio Moro

Lula Gets Assurances from Moro He Doesn’t Face Imminent Arrest

Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, after almost five hours of testimony ...

People protest against Lula in Brazil - ABr

Brazil’s Lula Finally Meets the Judge Who Might Derail His Race to the Presidency

  It took close to five hours the deposition of former President Luiz Inácio ...

Protesters clash with police during Brazil's general strike - Tomaz Silva/ABr

The 35 Million-Strong General Strike that Stopped Brazil in Its Tracks

Amid record levels of unemployment and a terribly unpopular government, unions and citizens from ...

Brazilian congressman Jair Messias Bolsonaro - Antonio Cruz/ABr

Known as the Myth, Jair Bolsonaro Is Brazil’s Version of Donald Trump

On April 4, Christian Social Party congressman Jair Messias Bolsonaro gave a racially charged ...

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 ...

Former speaker of the House, Eduardo Cunha - ABr

Brazil’s Former House Speaker and Jailbird Threatens to Blow Up Business World

In jail for fraud, Eduardo Cunha, Brazil’s former lower house speaker and chief architect ...