Mensalão Prison Sentences Start in Brazil
Nearly half of the 25 high-ranking politicians and businessmen convicted in Brazil's landmark mensalão trial started serving their prison sentences...
November 19, 2013Topic
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Lula’s Profile Rising Ahead of Elections
Former President Lula defended Rousseff's record at an event in Rio de Janeiro last Friday, the latest in a series...
October 22, 2013
Marina Silva Joins PSB Party in Brazil
Former Senator and presidential candidate Marina Silva will meet with members from the Partido Socialista Brasileiro this week to define...
October 8, 2013
Olympic Authority Chief Resigns: Daily
The head of Brazil's Olympic Public Authority, the organization responsible for centralizing the country's efforts for the sports mega-event, has...
August 16, 2013
Ex-Chief of Staff Claims Innocence: Daily
A week after the arrest of the president’s ex-chief of staff, Rosemary Noronha claims she is innocent amid accusations of...
November 30, 2012
“Rouba mas faz” vs “New Brooms”
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Portuguese part of the title is a shorthand description for...
August 30, 2011
PT History Repeats Itself
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – This has been a turbulent month for Dilma Rousseff's government. As...
June 14, 2011
PAC Progress in São Paulo
By Anna Fitzpatrick, Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The initial growth acceleration program, or PAC, planned for 2007 to...
February 22, 2011
Sharing Responsibility
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A colleague recently asked if I could explain what I mean...
January 25, 2011