Brazil

Brazil’s president vows to veto corruption amnesty

Nov 27, 2016 16:27

Brazilian President Michel Temer has vowed that he would block any bill granting immunity from corruption probes to members of the country’s Congress.
Brazilian banks reassured by US of financing trade with Tehran: Official

Nov 24, 2016 03:29

The United States Treasury Department has assured Brazilian banks of financing trade with Tehran in the wake of a nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers, says the South American country’s top diplomat for trade.
Thousands rally in Brazil to urge imprisonment of ex-president Lula

Nov 21, 2016 08:13

Thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets of Sao Paulo to demand the imprisonment of the former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, over alleged corruption charges.
Protesters storm Brazil Congress, call for military coup

Nov 17, 2016 10:03

Dozens of protesters in Brazil have stormed the building housing the country’s lower house of Congress, calling for a military coup to topple the government.
Hundreds rally in Brazil to urge imprisonment of ex-president Lula

Oct 24, 2016 08:03

Hundreds of people have rallied in Brazil’s Sao Paulo to demand the imprisonment of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for alleged corruption.
Fresh prison riot kills eight inmates in northwestern Brazil

Oct 17, 2016 14:29

At least eight inmates have been killed in a fresh prison riot in Brazil a day after violent clashes between two rival gangs in another jail left more than two dozen detainees dead.
Pro-Rousseff protests greet Temer in Argentina

Oct 04, 2016 09:00

Argentinians have taken to the streets in Buenos Aires to protest their government's support for new Brazilian President Michel Temer and voice solidarity with his predecessor Dilma Rousseff.
Three shot dead in Brazil amid electoral violence

Sep 29, 2016 11:16

Three people have been shot dead and a deputy state governor has sustained injuries in a shooting incident in central Brazil, the latest in a spate of killings ahead of municipal elections in the South American country.
Brazil’s ex-president Lula describes charges against him as ‘farcical’

Sep 21, 2016 11:50

Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has dismissed charges of corruption against him, describing the allegations as “farcical.”
Brazil prosecutors file corruption charges against Lula

Sep 15, 2016 03:54

Prosecutors in Brazil have filed charges of involvement in money-laundering and corruption against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his wife.