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Brazil Senate’s Secret Session Called Unconstitutional

This Wednesday, September 12, in a session carried out behind closed doors, Brazilian senators ...

Brazilian Senate Absolves Its President But Many Believe He’s Guilty

The Brazilian Senate narrowly voted Wednesday, September 12, to absolve the embattled senate president, ...

Brazil Has No Senate. It’s Been Buried Under Corruption, Omission and Incompetence

The worst thing about a building collapse is that it silences the dead or ...

Brazilians Let Politicians Treat Them as Doormats

Brazil has been a full democracy for over 20 years now and there is ...

Senate Chairman Upholds Tradition of Treating Brazil with Contempt

At the time of writing we are watching a familiar scene – the chairman ...

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Brazil Senate Intent on Blocking Venezuela from Mercosur over TV Shut Down

Despite recent conciliatory gestures between the presidents of Brazil and Venezuela, Brazil's Senate has ...

Brazilian Supreme Knocks Down Congress’s 91% Hike, But They Still Want It

The Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) granted unanimously, on Tuesday, December 19, a preliminary injunction ...

Brazil Approves Tobacco Control After Tobacco Growers Are Assured Protection

The ratification of the Framework Convention on the Control of Tobacco Use was approved ...

Brazil Says Idea of Internationalizing the Amazon Never Goes Away

The doctrine of “collective public goods,” such as drinking water and forest resources, and ...

3 Million Brazilians Overseas Might Vote for Congress

Brazilians living abroad can currently vote only in the presidential election. This situation will ...