Senate Passes Ports Regulation Bill: Daily
The Brazilian Senate has approved a bill, MP 595, that changes rules governing how the country’s ports are regulated, in...
May 17, 2013Topic
Senate
Brazil’s University Affirmative Action Law
Brazil’s senate has passed a bill requiring federal universities to reserve half their places for public school students and black,...
August 14, 2012
Decision on Forestry Code Due: Daily
President Dilma Rousseff is expected to decide on Thursday if she is to veto - fully or in part -...
May 24, 2012
Companies to be Criminally Liable: Daily
The Senate committee approved a proposal which allows that companies involved in corruption against the government be held criminally liable.
May 12, 2012
Party Politics Brings Shift in Congress: Daily
Brazil changed Romero Jucá and Cândido Vaccarezza, for Eduardo Braga and Arlindo Chinaglia, as leaders of the Senate and the...
March 15, 2012
150,000 in Rio Oil Royalties Protest: Daily
An estimated 150,000 people took to the streets of Rio yesterday protesting against new legislation which is likely to take...
November 11, 2011
Rio to Protest Over Oil Royalties Nov 10th: Daily
Rio State Governor Sérgio Cabral said relinquishing revenue from oil royalties, legally owed to the state, would be tantamount to...
October 28, 2011
And the R$1 Trillion Goes To…
Opinion, by Samantha Barthelemy RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – São Paulo’s Commercial Association (Associação Comercial Paulista) announced that the sum...
September 20, 2011