Mensalão Case Condemns 3 More: Daily
A majority in the Supreme Court has found three of the four mensalão defendants connected to the Banco Rural guilty...
September 7, 2012Topic
Brasília
Strikes End Except for Federal Police
Following months of strikes by broad swathes of public sector workers, Federal Police unions rejected the government’s offer of a...
August 28, 2012
Mensalão Trial Votes on 4 Defendants: Daily
It is expected that the first verdicts of the mensalão will be announced Monday afternoon, August 20th, when the case...
August 20, 2012
Mensalão Corruption Trial Begins in Brazil
Brazil’s Supreme Court began to hear the huge cash-for-votes corruption case that threatens to tarnish former President Lula’s and Workers’...
August 7, 2012
Chavez in Brazil to Officially Join Mercosur
Hugo Chávez was to meet with Mercosur leaders in Brasilia Tuesday to formalize Venezuela’s entrance to the bloc – a...
July 31, 2012
Brazil Government Salaries Disclosed
The new Transparency Portal is reported to have published the wages of approximately 700,000 civil servants of the executive branch...
July 3, 2012
A Weekend Visit in the Capital, Brasília
With Rio+20 last week and Sao Paulo Fashion Week before that, many may have overlooked Brasília, the capital of Brazil...
June 26, 2012
World Cup Host City: Brasília Progress
Progress for the 2014 World Cup in the nation’s capital, Brasília building the brand new Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha is...
June 12, 2012
Argentina YPF Seeks Petrobras Partnership
Argentina seeks greater partnership with Brazilian state-run Petrobras, to develop the country’s energy resources after announcing the nationalization of YPF.
April 24, 2012