Covid CPI: Brazil’s Minister of Health tries to justify Bolsonaro’s beliefs
Brazil's Minister of Health, Marcelo Queiroga, tried to justify President Jair Bolsonaro's beliefs in the face of covid-19 but admitted...
May 6, 2021Topic
CPI
‘Solution for the pandemic is the vaccination campaign,’ says Queiroga in Brazil’s Senate CPI
Brazilian Health Minister, Marcelo Queiroga, stresses at the Pandemic CPI the importance of science based vaccination campaigns
May 6, 2021
United Nations Criticizes Brazil’s Indigenous Policies
According to the U.N. Brazil has had the highest number of killings of indigenous and land defenders of any country...
June 9, 2017
Opinion: Brazil’s “Ethical” Congress
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This week, after an interminable nine months of internecine squabbling, behind-closed-doors...
June 17, 2016
Brazil Congress Sees Petrobras as Victim of Corruption
According to the findings Petrobras was a victim of a cartel set up by construction and engineering companies counting on...
October 20, 2015
Opinion: Bombs Away! (“Pauta Bomba”) in Brazil
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The month of August is known as being difficult for Brazilian...
August 5, 2015
Inflation Forecast Down, Food Price Up: Daily
The president of the Central Bank, Alexandre Tombini, said that he is not surprised by the sharp rise in food...
April 11, 2014
Rousseff Labels Petrobras CPI a Political Dispute
Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff deemed the opposition's efforts to establish a Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) into Petrobras a "political...
April 8, 2014
Low 1.79% GDP Growth Expected in 2014: Daily
GDP is expected to rise by less than two percent in 2014, according to the latest Brazilian Central Bank survey.
February 18, 2014