Brazil’s Political Crisis Deepens with Rallies and Injunction
The government's PT party has called for rallies throughout the country on Friday while Lula's nomination has been suspended by...
March 18, 2016Topic
Lula
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, 2016
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, 2016Opinion: 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