Challenges Faced by Brazil’s Rousseff in 2nd Term
Politically weaker during her second term, President Dilma Rousseff, will have little room to conduct ample reforms, say analysts.
October 29, 2014Topic
Congress
Congress to Decide on Brazil’s 2014 Budget
The final version of the proposed federal budget (LOA) report for 2013 has cut the amount of funding provided for...
December 17, 2013
Indigenous Protesters Defeat Congress Bill
Hundreds of Indigenous people hailing from over thiry different tribes across the country made their way Brasília this past week...
October 8, 2013
The Curmudgeon on Deputy Don
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Eric Clapton wrote a famous song entitled “I shot the sheriff”...
September 3, 2013
Minimum Wage to Increase in 2014: Daily
The Ministry for Planning has announced its budget for 2014 and previews an increase in minimum wage of 6.64 percent,...
August 30, 2013
Brazil Congress Faces Crucial Voting
As President Rousseff urges parties to work together, Congress now has a long list of votes ahead of them on...
August 6, 2013
Brazil Struggles to Push Reforms Forward
While a flurry of proposals and new laws have been brought, it remains to be seen if Congress is willing...
July 16, 2013
Senate Passes Ports Regulation Bill: Daily
The Brazilian Senate has approved a bill, MP 595, that changes rules governing how the country’s ports are regulated, in...
May 17, 2013
Rousseff’s Royalties Veto Blocked: Daily
Brazil’s Congress early Thursday morning voted to overturn President Dilma Rousseff’s line-item vetoes of a new oil royalties bill.
March 8, 2013