Tag: Congress

In Brazil Lawmakers Will Make More than Their US and European Peers

Brazilian lawmakers (Lower House and Senate) thanks to a generous recent 62% increase will ...

Brazil Congress Is in Recess While Lula Loosens Purse Strings

The Brazilian Congress officially went into recess. This recess is in the constitution where ...

Brazil Congress Ignores Court Order to Hand Over Expenses List

Daily newspaper Folha de S. Paulo has filed a Writ of Security with Brazil's ...

67%: Senate Scandal Hasn’t Hurt Lula’s Popularity in Brazil

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the president of Brazil, has an approval rating of ...

Brazil: In the Face of Mired-in-Corruption Congress, President Lula Looks the Other Way

The article entitled “Brazil’s Scandal-plagued Senate: House of Horrors” published July 9 by British ...

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 ...

The Three Powers Square in Brasília, Brazil

Brazilian Congressmen Are on Sale But Lula Is Still Haggling

Two weeks ago, gathered in Brasília, close to three thousand Brazilian mayors tried to ...

Brazilian journalist and public relation professional Carlos Borges

Brazilians and Americans Have Date with Brazil’s Culture This April, in Florida

The first International Congress of Culture and Communication in 2006 opened a new page ...

Brazil Gets New Congress. 15% of Deputies Are Charged with Crimes

A report published by Globo online reveals that at least 74, 1 in 7, ...