Brazil Expected to Cut Energy Prices
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is set to unveil a plan to reduce energy bills for industry and consumers in a...
September 4, 2012Topic
Politics
Convention Week Party: Mark your Date with the Vote
Opinion, by Melissa Mello e Souza RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - As the Democratic Convention unfolds this week, we, Americans...
September 4, 2012
2012 Elections Are Turning Violent: Daily
Sixty days into the campaign, the 2012 municipal elections have already had more politically associated deaths and acts of violence...
September 4, 2012
Mensalão Corruption Trial Begins in Brazil
Brazil’s Supreme Court began to hear the huge cash-for-votes corruption case that threatens to tarnish former President Lula’s and Workers’...
August 7, 2012
Chavez in Brazil to Officially Join Mercosur
Hugo Chávez was to meet with Mercosur leaders in Brasilia Tuesday to formalize Venezuela’s entrance to the bloc – a...
July 31, 2012
Brazil Removes Diplomats from Syria
Brazil's Foreign Ministry on Friday removed nearly all its diplomats from the Brazilian embassy in Syria because of heavy fighting...
July 24, 2012
Eduardo Paes Leads Rio Mayor Poll: Daily
Eduardo Paes appears to be heading for re-election as Rio Mayor after a Datafolha opinion poll published on Saturday gave...
July 22, 2012
Brazil 2012 Municipal Election Campaigns
The 2012 Brazilian municipal elections will not take place until October but this year’s elections have already taken on national...
July 17, 2012
TSE Supreme Court on Ficha Limpa: Daily
Minister Cármen Lúcia, president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), said that the court “no longer tolerates Corruption. We have...
July 15, 2012