Tag: Politics of Brazil

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been convicted of corruption charges and sentenced to nine and a ...

The Brazilian Senate has approved a controversial labour reform bill – the first major overhaul in 70 years. The law ...

Brazilian President Michel Temer has been charged with accepting bribes by the country’s chief prosecutor. He is accused of receiving ...

Brazil's top electoral court voted to acquit President Michel Temer and former President Dilma Rousseff following an investigation of allegations ...

Brazil's President Michel Temer has been acquitted of irregularities in the 2014 election, a ruling which allows him to stay ...

Angry demonstrators in Brasilia have started a fire inside the ministry of agriculture and have damaged several other ministerial buildings. ...

Angry demonstrators in Brasilia have started a fire inside the ministry of agriculture and have damaged several other ministerial buildings. ...

Brazilian President Michel Temer on Saturday demanded the Supreme Court suspend a probe into his alleged obstruction of justice, claiming ...

Brazil's President Michel Temer has said he will ask the Supreme Court to suspend an investigation against him, because vital ...

Brazilian President Michel Temer has taken millions of dollars in bribes since 2010, according to testimony released by the Supreme ...

Brazil is reeling from a dramatic new twist in its ongoing political crisis. Amid calls for his resignation from the ...

President Michel Temer of Brazil has denied a newspaper report that he approved payments to silence a possible witness in ...

The former Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, has given evidence before the country's top anti-corruption judge. He was ...

Brazilian trade unions have staged nationwide strikes against President Michel Temer's austerity measures, causing public-transport disruptions in major cities across ...

A judge has sentenced the former speaker of the lower house of the Brazilian Congress, Eduardo Cunha, to 15 years ...

After a lengthy process that took nine months, Brazil impeached its first female president, Dilma Rousseff. The impeachment proceedings, launched ...

Former Brazil president Dilma Rousseff has labelled the current leader Michel Temer a "traitor" and "illegitimate president" and called on ...

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has ordered one of the country's most senior politicians, Renan Calheiros, to stand down as ...

Brazil's President Michel Temer has said he will block attempts to approve controversial legislation giving amnesty to politicians who received ...

A prominent Brazilian minister accused of corruption has resigned, over a scandal which also involves President Michel Temer. Geddel Vieira ...