Opinion: Brazil’s Embattled President
Last week, in a move designed to promote her desire to do something to keep the proverbial cow from meandering...
October 8, 2015Topic
TSE
Investigations Probe into Rousseff’s Re-Election Campaign in Brazil
Judge Gilmar Mendes at Brazil's federal electoral court (TSE) asked prosecutors to investigate several leads hinting at potential illegal financing...
August 26, 2015Opinion: Brazil’s Pizzaioli at the Ready
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Not long ago, there were reports that the TCU, one of...
August 16, 2015
Biometric Voting During Brazilian Runoff Elections
Many Brazilians again will use biometric identification systems to cast their votes during the second round of the 2014 elections...
October 26, 2014
Marina Silva’s Party Bid Rejected: Daily
Environmentalist and former green party presidential candidate Marina Silva was refused to found a new party, the Rede Sustentabilidade (Sustainability...
October 4, 2013
Elections End with PT Win in São Paulo
PT candidate Fernando Haddad's win in the São Paulo mayoral race has strengthen President Rousseff and Lula's party, a mid-term...
October 30, 2012
Ficha Limpa Bans 317 Candidates in 2012
More than 300 mayoral candidates in October’s municipal elections have been prohibited from running for office under the Lei do...
September 11, 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