Forest Code Provisions Approved: Daily
The joint committee formed to examine the provisional measure to the Forest Code approved the main text by Senator Luiz...
July 13, 2012Topic
Dilma Rousseff
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
Mercosur Members Suspend Paraguay
Brazil and the other Mercosur members have suspended Paraguay from the alliance following Friday’s impeachment of President Fernando Lugo.
June 26, 2012
Brazil Responds to Paraguay: Daily
The diplomatic fallout following the recent impeachment of former Paraguay president Fernando Lugo continued over the weekend.
June 24, 2012
Rousseff in Mexico for G-20 Summit
President Rousseff arrived in Mexico to attend the 7th G-20 Summit of the leading economies, where the Eurozone financial crisis...
June 19, 2012
Brazil Adds New Oversight to LOC
FIFA announced that the Brazilian government will have a permanent member within the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the 2014...
May 15, 2012
Petrobras Makes Changes at the Top
Petrobras´ CEO, Maria das Gracas Foster, begins to oversee changes at the top of Brazil’s state-run energy giant after taking...
May 8, 2012
Lula Over Rousseff in 2014 Survey: Daily
Despite Rousseff’s record-breaking approval rating of 64 percent after fifteen months in office, polls indicate Lula remains the Brazilian favorite...
April 22, 2012
Rousseff Warns of Tsunami of Money: Daily
Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, used her opening speech at the Sixth Summit of the Americas, to reiterate her criticism of...
April 16, 2012