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Brazil Announces Recovery Agreement for Rio de Janeiro

Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles announced today that the federal government will make an agreement with the government of Rio de...

January 12, 2017

FVAP Website Helps US Expats in Brazil Vote in US Election

For U.S. expats living in Brazil, there’s still time to vote in the upcoming 2016 Presidential election between Hilary Clinton...

October 21, 2016

Brazil’s Rousseff Asks Senators to Vote With Their Conscience

Suspended president says what is at stake is social gains obtained during the thirteen years the PT party was in...

August 30, 2016

Brazil Financial Institutions Project Inflation of 7.06 Percent for Year

The projection of financial institutions in Brazil for inflation, measured by the National Index of Consumer Price (IPCA) this year...

May 30, 2016

President Rousseff Aims at Cunha and Temer in Brazil

Several days after Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies voted to authorize the advancement of impeachment proceedings against her, President Dilma Rousseff...

April 20, 2016

Brazil’s President Rousseff to Fight Impeachment to the End

Calling it an injustice, Brazil's President Rousseff said she was outraged she was being judged by politicians who themselves are...

April 19, 2016

Opinion: “High Crimes and Misdemeanors” in Brazil

Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - “Impeachment” is not a word in Portuguese. It has been used...

April 19, 2016

Brazil’s Vice President Michel Temer Resigns as PMDB Leader

In another series of political maneuvers, the vice president of Brazil, Michel Temer, who is also the president of the...

April 6, 2016

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