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Brazil’s Former President Temer Spends First Night in Jail
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Former President of Brazil, Michel Temer, spent his first night in a windowless room...
Brazil’s Former President Lula Convicted for Corruption Again
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian Judge Gabriela Hardt convicted former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday...
Brazil’s Moro Presents Anti-Crime Bill to Governors
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Justice and Public Security Minister, Sergio Moro, meets on Monday in Brasília with...
Brazil’s Petrobras Sells Pasadena Refinery to Chevron
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Petrobras America Inc. (PAI), a Petrobras subsidiary, signed a purchase and sale agreement on...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro Heads to Davos as Son Faces Corruption Probe
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, is heading towards Switzerland to attend the World Economic...
Rio’s Mangueira Samba School to Honor Marielle Franco this Carnival
By Jack Arnhold, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – One of Rio’s most iconic samba schools, ‘Estação Primeiro de Mangueira’ (First Station of Mangueira)...
The Day Brazil’s Lula Was Almost Released From Prison
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Thousands of Brazilians celebrated on Wednesday afternoon a ruling by one of Brazil’s Supreme...
Rio de Janeiro’s Governor Pezão Arrested for Corruption
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The governor of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Fernando Pezão, was arrested early Thursday morning...
Brazil’s Ex-Presidential Candidate Haddad Accused of Money Laundering
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The candidate defeated in the race for the Presidency of Brazil from the PT (Workers'...
Former Meat-Packing Tycoon Batista Arrested in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Former meatpacking tycoon Joesley Batista and former Agriculture Minister Antonio Andrade were arrested on...
Brazil’s New Justice Minister Vows to Fight Corruption, Organized Crime
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In his first press conference after accepting the position of Justice Minister in the...
Petrobras Reports R$6.6 Billion Net Income to Close Third Quarter
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Petrobras closed the third quarter of the year with a net profit of R$6.6 billion,...
Brazil’s Stock Market Rallies With Judge Moro’s Nomination
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s main stock market, Bovespa, surged on Wednesday, after the announcement that Lava Jato...
Opinion: Brazil’s Lula, a Legendary Myth
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Jair Bolsonaro, a/k/a “o Mito” has been elected President of Brazil. He had over sixty percent...