Minha Casa Minha Vida Fraud in Brazil
The Ministry for Cities will investigate accusations that former civil servants have defrauded the government’s massive housing program, Minha Casa...
April 16, 2013Topic
Dilma
Cost of Basics Up Despite Tax Cuts: Daily
The price of the “basic basket” of essential foodstuffs has gone up in sixteen state capitals, including Rio de Janeiro,...
April 9, 2013
Brazil Urges Inter-BRICS Investment: Daily
Talks at the BRICS Summit in South Africa have been dominated by discussions over investment between the countries to improve...
March 29, 2013
Pope Confirms Visit to WYD in Rio: Daily
Pope Francis will visit Brazil for World Youth Day in July, he announced Sunday at an address to mark the...
March 25, 2013
Club Fire Kills 232 in Southern Brazil: Daily
At least 232 people have died in a nightclub fire in central Rio Grande do Sul, at the Kiss nightclub...
January 27, 2013
Brazil 2013 Foreign Policy Outlook
Six of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's overseas trips in 2013 have already been announced and appear to show greater attention...
January 1, 2013
Brazil Power Cuts Amid Heat Wave: Daily
Passengers and workers at Rio’s Galeão International Airport were left sweltering after a power outage meant buildings were left without...
December 28, 2012
Brazil 2012: Reviewing the Year in Politics
From municipal elections to the mensalão, from dams to deforestation, for the slowing economy and the booming middle class, 2012...
December 25, 2012
Rio Keeps Existing Oil Royalties: Daily
President Dilma Rousseff has approved a controversial new bill that sets out the redistribution of oil royalties to non-producing states...
December 1, 2012