Raymond Colitt
Friday, August 7, 2015 - 06:30
A growing number of legislators in Brazil’s largest party see an impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff as an option to pull the country out of its deepening economic and political crisis.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014 - 00:00
The Brazil leg of Lew's trip marks the highest-profile visit of a U.S. official to Latin America's most populous country since relations began to sour last year.
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 - 00:00
"The idea is for it to be built in Brazil, probably based on an existing project," Amorim told a group of foreign correspondents
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 00:00
Latin America's largest economy is deteriorating, according to 43 percent of those questioned in the Nov. 19 Bloomberg Global Poll, against only 10 percent who see it improving.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 - 00:00
Annual economic growth during Rousseff's term is forecast by analysts to average 2.12 percent, the slowest during a presidency since that of Fernando Collor, who was forced to resign over corruption charges in 1992.
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 - 00:00
Shopkeepers boarded up their windows in Belo Horizonte, Brazil's third-largest city, where 100,000 were forecast to march as the national soccer team meets Uruguay
Monday, June 24, 2013 - 00:00
Yesterday, parents and their kids who stayed at home during Brazil's largest protests in two decades for fear of violence organized a picnic that attracted some 200 children in front of Congress in Brasilia
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 00:00
There are signs that patience with the government may be wearing thin. Unhappiness with the cost of living spilled last week into the streets of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013 - 00:00
If the world's biggest emerging market after China doesn't rebound soon, Rousseff, 65, may face an electoral battle even though she currently enjoys a record approval rating
Friday, September 21, 2012 - 00:00
In the last month, Rousseff has announced payroll-tax cuts, reduced the rates industry pays for power, offered private companies licenses to build and operate roads and railways, and unveiled plans to do the same for major airports and ports.