Brazilian BNDES: 75% of the loans for works abroad benefited Odebrecht
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made it clear this week that the National Bank for Economic and Social Development...
January 27, 2023Topic
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Brazil: Before the State-owned law, companies lived a routine of corruption; remember
8 Brazilian state-owned companies and 12 pension funds have been targets of anti-corruption police operations over the past two decades
December 19, 2022
Opinion: The Big Lie in Brazilian Politics
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The effectiveness of the Big Lie has been recognized by politicians...
September 7, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Other “Criminal Masterminds”
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last September, a federal prosecutor accused former President Lula of being...
June 30, 2017
Opinion: All the (Brazilian) President’s Men
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The evidence against Lula is starting to mount up. This week...
September 30, 2016
Opinion: Brazil’s “Criminal Mastermind” — A Curmudgeonly Explanation
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Quite a bit of backlash has arisen since the spokesperson for...
September 20, 2016Opinion: Lula as Brazil’s “Criminal Mastermind”?
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Just when we all thought Brazilian politics might become boring after...
September 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