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Belo Monte Dam Work Resumes: Daily
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – The Supremo Tribunal Federal (Supreme Court, STF) on Monday declared that work could resume on the...
Strikes End Except for Federal Police
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - Following months of strikes by broad swathes of public sector workers, from university professors to customs...
Amazon Nun Killer Released in Brazil: Daily
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - The Supremo Tribunal Federal (Supreme Court, STF) released an Amazon rancher Regivaldo Galvão, sometimes known as...
Brazil Court Orders Halt on Belo Monte Dam
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – A federal appeals court has ordered construction to stop on the controversial Belo Monte dam, citing...
Mensalão Trial Votes on 4 Defendants: Daily
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - It is expected that the first verdicts of the mensalão, a sprawling corruption trial involving some...
Brazil to Invest R$133B in Transport: Daily
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - In the latest in a raft of stimulus measures, the government on Wednesday announced a...
Brazil’s University Affirmative Action Law
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – The senate in Brazil last week passed a bill that requires prestigious federal universities to reserve...
Rio Receives Olympic Flag in London: Daily
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes yesterday received the Olympic flag at the 2012 London games’...
Brazil’s Women’s Volleyball in Finals: Daily
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - In perhaps their best performance in the 2012 London Olympics yet, Brazil’s women’s volleyball team beat...
Mensalão Corruption Trial Begins in Brazil
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – Seven years after the scandal surfaced, Brazil’s Supreme Court on Thursday, August 2nd began to hear...
Chavez in Brazil to Officially Join Mercosur
By Lucy Jordan, Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – President Hugo Chávez met with the leaders of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay in Brasília Tuesday to formalize...
Recent Wave of Crime in São Paulo: Daily
By Lucy Jordan, Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – São Paulo is experiencing a wave of violent crime, according to government data released Wednesday, with increased...
Brazil Removes Diplomats from Syria
By Lucy Jordan, Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – Brazil's Foreign Ministry on Friday removed nearly all its diplomats from the Brazilian embassy in Syria because...
Subsea 7 Plant Moves to Rio State
By Lucy Jordan, Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - The newest addition to Rio de Janeiro state’s Superporto do Açu will be where Norwegian company Subsea...