Troops Called to Monitor Sunday’s Elections in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Supreme Electoral Court (TSE) approved on Tuesday the...
October 24, 2018Topic
OAS
Lima Group and Brazil Clash with OAS on Venezuelan Intervention
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Tension between the secretary general of the Organization of...
September 17, 2018
Rio’s Police Continue with Armed Forces Support, Despite Criticism
A recent survey revealed that between 2010-2015 twenty officers alone were responsible for at least ten percent of all violent...
November 30, 2017
OAS and NGOs Say Brazil Fails to Protect Citizens Living in Favelas
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Members of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), part...
October 24, 2017
Opinion: Brazil’s “Criminal Mastermind”, an Update
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last September, a federal prosecutor accused former President Lula of being...
May 12, 2017
Brazil’s Lula Denies Wrongdoing in Corruption Scheme Testimony
The former president is accused of having received R$ 3.7 million worth in bribes from OAS contractor via renovations of...
May 11, 2017
OAS Questions Brazil Ministry of Justice About Prison Violence
For the international organization, Brazil has a 'inescapable legal duty to take concrete steps to guarantee inmates’ rights to life...
March 1, 2017
Rousseff’s Impeachment Sparks Reactions in Brazil and Abroad
Some Latin American countries have called their ambassadors back home, while in São Paulo police tried to disperse protesters with...
September 1, 2016
International Agencies Concerned with Brazil’s Political Stability
Organizations voice their concern as rallies pro and against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff intensify in the country.
March 25, 2016