Brazil’s top prosecutor opposes Lula cabinet appointment
Brazil’s top prosecutor recommended on Thursday that the Supreme Court block the appointment of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as cabinet minister because it was intended to disrupt a...
View ArticleThe road to impeachment: Will Brazil's Dilma Rousseff survive? (part 1)
After a stormy debate, a congressional committee voted 38 to 27 to recommend impeaching Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. A vote will be held in the lower house of Congress this weekend. Rousseff is...
View ArticleThe road to impeachment: Will Brazil's Dilma Rousseff survive? (part 2)
After a stormy debate, a congressional committee voted 38 to 27 to recommend impeaching Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. A vote will be held in the lower house of Congress this weekend. Rousseff is...
View ArticleBrazil prosecutor asks Supreme Court to investigate Lula
Brazil’s prosecutor-general asked the Supreme Court to investigate former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the court said on Tuesday, as a senator’s testimony opened new fronts in a massive...
View ArticleDrive to impeach Brazilian president thrown into chaos
The impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was thrown into confusion Monday when the acting speaker of the lower house of Congress annulled an April vote by lawmakers that launched the process.
View ArticleBrazil’s Rousseff in last-ditch attempt against impeachment
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff took her battle to survive impeachment to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, in a last-ditch attempt to stay in office a day before the Senate is expected to vote to try...
View ArticleBrazilian ex-president Lula will stand trial over Petrobras corruption scandal
Brazil’s former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and the former chief executive of investment bank Grupo BTG Pactual SA will stand trial for obstruction of justice, documents from a federal court in...
View ArticleBrazil prosecutors file corruption charges against ex-president Lula
Brazilian prosecutors charged ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday with being the "boss" of a vast corruption scheme at state oil company Petrobras, in a major blow to the leftist hero's...
View ArticleBrazil's Lula ordered to stand trial over corruption charges
Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must stand trial for corruption, a judge ruled Tuesday, after prosecutors accused the popular leftist of masterminding the large-scale plundering of...
View ArticleMixed reactions to historic Colombia peace deal
This week, a historic peace deal is signed in Colombia, putting an end to one of the longest-running conflicts in the world. The government and FARC rebels have agreed to lay down their weapons. Next,...
View ArticleBrazil's ex-president Lula questioned in graft probe
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva struck a defiant note after testifying for five hours Wednesday, telling thousands of supporters that the corruption case against him has been big...
View ArticleFormer Brazilian president guilty of corruption
Former Brazilian president guilty of corruption
View ArticleBrazil's ex-president Lula convicted of corruption
Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was convicted of graft on Wednesday, becoming the biggest scalp yet in a sprawling political corruption probe engulfing Latin America's largest economy.
View ArticleWhat a star! Andy Murray corrects 'casual sexism' in post-match interview
IN THE WORLD PAPERS - Thursday, July 13: We look ahead to Donald Trump's visit to Paris. Elsewhere, former Brazilian president Lula gets little sympathy in the press after he is sentenced to prison for...
View ArticleBrazil freezes assets of ex-president Lula in corruption case
Brazil's central bank has frozen four bank accounts belonging to ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva due to his recent conviction on corruption charges, the federal judge who heard his case said...
View ArticleBrazil formally charges ex-presidents Lula, Rousseff in graft probe
Brazil on Tuesday formally charged ex-presidents Dilma Rousseff and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with racketeering for plotting to skim funds from Petrobras, the state oil giant.
View ArticleBrazil ‘ungovernable’ if court blocks Lula’s election run, says Rousseff
Former president Dilma Rousseff said Friday Brazil will be ungovernable if a court decision due next week blocks Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva from running in October polls, and upholds his corruption...
View ArticleEx-president Lula is 'clearly innocent', Rousseff says
In an interview with FRANCE 24, former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff spoke out about her impeachment in 2016, claiming to be the "victim of a parliamentary coup". She also weighed in ahead of the...
View ArticleBrazil's Lula defiant as supporters rally ahead of ruling
Ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told thousands of supporters Tuesday that he would continue his political fight regardless of the outcome of his appeal against a corruption conviction.
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