Politics

Too Much Honesty and Not Enough Friends Brought Brazil’s President Down

Personally incorruptible, unlike her nemeses, Dilma Rousseff was impeached and dismissed on the flimsiest ...

Brazil and the Art of Giving All to Friends and the Law to Foes

There is an old saying in Brazil attributed to Getúlio Vargas, one of the ...

Back to Her Home State, Brazil’s Removed President Vows to Keep Opposing Her Replacement

The removed president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, left Brazilian capital Brasília to return to ...

Rousseff Leaves Presidential Palace While Her Backers Take to the Streets to Protest

Brazil’s former President Dilma Rousseff left Palácio da Alvorada, the official presidential residence, where ...

Concession to Rousseff Generates Tension at Brazil’s New Government Coalition

On his first official trip after assuming Brazil’s Presidency, Michel Temer is in Shanghai, ...

Political and Economic Instability Are History, New Brazil President Tells Chinese

Brazil’s new president Michel Temer received strong support from Beijing when Chinese president Xi ...

Impeaching Brazil’s New President Is Not Unthinkable. Some Are Working to Do This

In a historic vote on August 31, Brazil’s democratically elected President Dilma Rousseff was ...

I Fear Brazil Might Become a New Iraq. But Much Worse

Congressional representatives of the oligarchy in Brazil began to strategize the impeachment of former ...

Brazil’s New President Mad at Allies for Granting Rousseff Political Rights

Brazil’s new president, Michel Temer, promised a “new era” of government for the crisis-hit ...