Brazil’s Lula Sworn In as Chief of Staff Amidst Protests
Protests became even more inflamed after a wiretap recording showed Rousseff and Lula talking about the nomination.
March 17, 2016Topic
Lula
Opinion: Brazil’s Smoking Gun?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Just when you thought things in Brazil couldn’t get worse, they...
March 17, 2016
Brazil’s Lula Said to Accept Cabinet Post Amidst Scandal
The former president is said to have been asked to take part in the Rousseff Administration.
March 16, 2016 Opinion: Brazil on Tenterhooks: Will He or Won’t He?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon, together with almost everyone else in Brazil, is on...
March 16, 2016
Opinion: Lula, Brazil’s Horatio Alger Hero?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon owes the inspiration for this column to a 2009...
March 12, 2016
Brazilian Prosecutors Seek Arrest of Ex-President Lula
According to prosecutors there is ‘overwhelming proof’ of money laundering, misrepresentation and larceny by the accused.
March 11, 2016
Brazil’s Real Rises to R$3.64 to the Dollar in 6-Month High
The Brazilian real has posted an increase of 9.04 percent for March and of 7.77 percent for 2016, and ended...
March 11, 2016 Opinion: Brazil’s Presidential Dilemma, Revisited
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon asks his readers: put yourself in President Dilma’s shoes...
March 11, 2016
Protests For and Against Brazil’s Lula Continue Through Weekend
Brazilian federal prosecutors saying that they had ‘very strong’ evidence that Lula had knowledge and even profited from the Lava...
March 7, 2016