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Brazil Sets Itself Up for 20 Years of Lean Cows

As of Tuesday, December 13, Proposed Constitutional Amendment (PEC) 55 – formerly PEC 241 ...

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 ...

Until Recently Brazil’s Most Powerful Politician, Ex House Speaker Is Now a Jailbird

Impeached Deputy Eduardo Cunha was arrested this Wednesday, October 19, in Brazilian capital Brasilia, ...

Brazil House Approves Constitutional Amendment Limiting Public Spending for 20 Years

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies on Monday night (October 10) voted 366-111 (with two abstentions) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Brazil’s New President Returns the Offense: Coup-mongers Are Those Against the Constitution

In an address broadcast countrywide on radio and television, Brazilian President Michel Temer pledged ...