Rio’s International Airport Seeking New Partners
The Rio-Galeão consortium has yet to pay this year’s R$930 million installment for the twenty-five year concession due to troubles...
October 18, 2016Topic
Odebrecht
Brazil’s Ex-President Lula Faces More Indictments
Prosecutors have charged the former leader with corruption in relation to suspicious funding obtained for construction work in Angola.
October 14, 2016
Rio’s Maracanã Looking Ready for Flamengo Return, Oct. 23rd
After almost one year, all signs point to CR Flamengo finally making its long-awaited return to iconic Maracanã Stadium on...
October 10, 2016
Further Indictments for Brazil’s Ex-President Lula
Federal police accuse former leader of using his influence and received bribes to help a large construction company obtain international...
October 6, 2016
Former Chief of Staff Arrested in Bribery Scandal in Brazil
Antonio Palocci is the second high-ranking official of the Lula and Rousseff administrations to be arrested in recent days linked...
September 26, 2016
Rio Court Finds R$95 Million in Overpayment for Maracanã Works
According to officials construction companies in charge of renovation for the 2014 World Cup may have received as much as...
July 6, 2016
Lula Campaigns Against Rousseff Impeachment in Brazil
The list shows funds given by the company to at least eighteen political parties and as many as 200 politicians.
March 24, 2016
Brazil’s Lava Jato Focuses on Odebrecht in Its 26th Phase
The company's former CEO, Marcelo Odebrecht was arrested in June of 2015, accused of bribing ex-Petrobras directors for contracts.
March 23, 2016 Seventy-Five Percent of Staff Fired at the Maracanã in Rio
Three-quarters of the people who work at the Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro lost their jobs on Monday (January...
January 7, 2016