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, 2012Topic
law
Companies to be Criminally Liable: Daily
The Senate committee approved a proposal which allows that companies involved in corruption against the government be held criminally liable.
May 12, 2012
Brazil Anti-Corruption Act Upheld: Daily
The Supreme Court ruled the Ficha Limpa, (or “Clean Record”) anti-corruption law to be constitutional, announcing it would be enforced...
February 17, 2012
CREA: Rio Building Standards Review
The work of Rio buildings authorities CREA has been called into question after it was revealed engineers were not being...
February 7, 2012
Rio Responds to Building Collapses
Officials in Rio de Janiero have since announced more stringent preventative measures, following last week's building collapse which killed seventeen...
January 31, 2012
Brazil Work Visas for Foreign Professionals
Brazil wants to change its immigration policy towards foreign professionals wanting to work in the country, but also announced a...
January 17, 2012
Haitian Immigration in Brazil Grows: Daily
New laws are being introduced in Brazil to increase and better regulate the influx of Haitian immigrants entering the porous...
January 13, 2012
Rousseff Passes Truth Commission: Daily
President Dilma Rousseff approved a law establishing a Truth Commission to investigate suspected human rights abuses that occurred between 1946...
November 19, 2011