Mexican renegotiation of power industry upsets market; participants prepare for legal battle
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Power generators and end users are getting ready to fight amendments to Mexico's electricity law...
March 4, 2021Topic
Lower House
Bolsonaro Ally Lira to Preside over Brazil Lower House of Congress
Congressman Arthur Lira, an ally of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, was elected speaker of the lower house of Congress for...
February 2, 2021
Brazil Elects First Indigenous Woman and Transgender to Congress
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Though presidential candidates Jair Bolsonaro and Fernando Haddad dominated Brazil's...
October 10, 2018
Eduardo Cunha, Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies Speaker Resigns
Eduardo Cunha says he came under attack after he accepted impeachment charges against now suspended President Dilma Rousseff.
July 8, 2016
Decisive Week For Brazil’s Suspended House Speaker Cunha
After seven months of delays the Chamber’s Ethics Committee is expected to vote this week on whether or not to...
June 6, 2016
Annulment of Impeachment Process in Brazil is Reversed
In less than 24 hours Brazil’s interim Chamber president decided to annul the approval of the impeachment process of President...
May 10, 2016
Brazil’s President Rousseff to Fight Impeachment to the End
Calling it an injustice, Brazil's President Rousseff said she was outraged she was being judged by politicians who themselves are...
April 19, 2016
President Rousseff is Closer to Being Impeached in Brazil
A special commission of the country’s Lower House voted to approve a report recommending the ousting of the nation’s leader...
April 12, 2016
Survey Shows 60% of Brazil’s Congress Would Vote to Impeach
Datafolha shows that 60 percent of Lower House and 55 percent of Senate would vote to impeach President Rousseff.
April 8, 2016