Brazil’s President Rousseff Suspended for Impeachment Trial
With a vote of 55 for and 22 against, senators decided to suspend Rousseff from her post for up to...
May 12, 2016Topic
Senate
Brazil’s Senate Votes Today on Rousseff’s Impeachment
Accused of trying to hide budget deficits, Brazil's President Rousseff is likely to be removed from office today for 180...
May 11, 2016
Annulment of Impeachment Process in Brazil is Reversed
In less than 24 hours Brazil’s interim Chamber president decided to annul the approval of the impeachment process of President...
May 10, 2016
Decisive Week for Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff
With Brazil's Senate likely to vote for impeachment trial, President Rousseff will suspended from the Executive office by the end...
May 9, 2016
Brazil’s Lower House Authorizes Impeachment of President Rousseff
Although there were strong indications on Sunday morning that the government would lose, the pro-impeachment tally was much higher than...
April 18, 2016
Survey Shows 60% of Brazil’s Congress Would Vote to Impeach
Datafolha shows that 60 percent of Lower House and 55 percent of Senate would vote to impeach President Rousseff.
April 8, 2016
Brazil’s Senate Approves Reducing Petrobras Requirements
Upper House approved bill ending requirement for Petrobras to participate in at least thirty percent of all pre-salt oil exploration...
February 26, 2016
Millions Still Live Without Basic Sanitation Services in Brazil
More than 35 million citizens in Brazil live without drinking water and one hundred million have no sewage system.
February 17, 2016
Brazil’s Government Defends Petrobras’ Pre-Salt Monopoly
Senate project would release Petrobras from the requirement of being involved in all areas of the pre-salt layer exploration.
February 17, 2016