Tag: corruption

Brazil: Another Hurdle on Dilma Rousseff’s Way to the Presidency

Lina Maria Vieira, a former high ranking officer from Brazil's Tax Office accused Brazilian ...

Brazil Corruption: 30% of Senators Have Problems with Justice

According to a report just published by daily newspaper Folha de S. Paulo, a ...

Friends Shelve Corruption Charges Against Brazilian Senate President

Protected by a network of old political friends Brazilian Senate president José Sarney managed ...

Brazil: Pizzaiolo? You Should Mind Your Tongue, Mr. President!

Before he assumed the presidency, President Lula had dinner at my house more than ...

Police Tap on Brazil’s Senate Chief Gives Hope Scandal Won’t “End Up in Pizza”

When the British magazine The Economist published the article entitled “House of Horrors”, about ...

New Revelations of Corruption Add Pressure on Brazil’s Senate Chief to Resign

Just-released new reports of alleged fraud and embezzlement by Brazil Senate president, José Sarney, ...

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 Congress: The Same Old Story, Corruption, Embezzlement, Impunity

Another case of political corruption has made headlines in Brazil and once again it ...

Brazilian Reporters Threatened When Investigating City Hospital

A reporter and a photographer from the daily A Tarde, from Salvador, the capital ...

Armed Men in Brazil Prevent Distribution of Paper Denouncing Politicians

Last Sunday, September 28, 2008, a group of men, some of them armed, bought ...