Tag: Congress
Brazilians Are Again in the Streets Calling for Another President’s Ouster
Brazil’s President Michel Temer promised he would step in should legislators under suspicion of ...
While Some Call Brazil’s 20-Year Freeze, Shock Therapy, Foreign Markets Are Cheering
Brazilian President Michel Temer is a step closer to cementing his long-term austerity plan ...
In Brazil Coups Are the Rule. Elected Government Is the Exception
With a rom-pom-pom, the Brazilian Marine Corps brass band introduced the national anthem and ...
The Clique of Corrupts Installed in Brasília Won’t Stop Till They Pardon Themselves
In a move that shocked even the most longtime, jaded observers of corrupt Brasília ...
At UN, Brazil President Praises Democracy and Asks Foreigners to Invest in His Country
In the speech marking the opening of the 71st United Nations (UN) General Assembly, ...
Brazil’s Temer Has Been Warned: ‘Threaten the Golden Goose and You Will Be the Next to Fall’
The impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, Brazil’s first female president, stands as both a significant ...
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 ...
Brazil Transfers Power from a Scandal-Plagued Party to Another No Less Corrupt
Brazil’s Congress has installed Michel Temer as the country’s new president. He had served ...
Brazil Congress Plot to Pardon Those Involved in the Petrobras Corruption Case
Brazilian financial newspaper Valor Econômico revealed details of an alleged corruption amnesty currently being ...