Brazil: what will happen with the investigations against Bolsonaro in the STF after the end of the mandate
With the end of his mandate, next Saturday, President Jair Bolsonaro (PL) will lose the privileged forum in the Federal...
December 30, 2022Topic
Covid CPI
Analysis: Why is Brazil so afraid of upcoming pro-Bolsonaro demonstrations on September 7?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The demonstrations planned for the next holiday on September 7 (Independence Day) in defense of...
September 6, 2021
India’s Bharat Biotech ends controversial Covaxin deal with Brazilian partner Precisa
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Negotiations over the health ministry's purchase of Covaxin became a target of Brazilian investigative committee...
July 23, 2021
Brazil’s Federal Police ask Supreme Court if deputy Luis Miranda should be investigated for defamation
The Federal Police on Monday asked Rosa Weber, the Supreme Court justice on duty, to evaluate the government's request to...
July 20, 2021
Who is Roberto Ferreira Dias, arrested during Brazil’s Covid CPI session?
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Covid CPI (Parliamentary Inquiry Commission) on Wednesday, July 7, heard testimony from the Ministry...
July 8, 2021
Brazilian government denies alleged irregularities in Indian Bharat vaccine negotiations
The Brazilian government denied on Wednesday that there were irregularities in the negotiation for the Indian covid vaccine Covaxin and...
June 23, 2021
Opinion: Happy Anniversary … Not!
Saturday, June 19, the city of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, where I now live, celebrated 165 years since its founding...
June 22, 2021
Pharma company tells Brazil’s Covid CPI that it billed 8 times more in 2020 with “Covid kit” drugs
EMS pharmaceutical company advised the Senate's Covid CPI that it invoiced R$142 (US$28.2) million with "Covid kit" drugs in 2020,...
June 17, 2021
Brazil’s Covid CPI: Fierce clash between former allies Flávio Bolsonaro and ex-Rio governor Witzel
The Covid CPI (investigative committee) was the scene of a clash between ex-governor of Rio de Janeiro Wilson Witzel and...
June 16, 2021