Simon Romero
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 00:00
The disclosure of Mrs. Kirchner's injury was being absorbed in a political culture characterized by tension and insults between her government and her critics.
Thursday, October 3, 2013 - 00:00
The disappearance in July of the 42-year-old laborer, Amarildo de Souza, set off street protests against police brutality in Rio, Sao Paulo and other cities.
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - 00:00
So far, no one has gone to prison in the scandal, which emerged in 2005.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013 - 00:00
The move to effectively suspend a state visit to the United States - a remarkably rare decision in the annals of diplomacy - threatens to unravel years of Washington's efforts to recognize Brazil's rising profile.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 00:00
As in the other cities, the protests here were organized to challenge the military parades commemorating Brazil's independence.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 00:00
The National Security Agency spied on Petrobras, Brazil's giant national oil company, according to a report here on Sunday night by the Globo television network.
Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 00:00
The N.S.A. used different computer programs to filter through communications and gain access to specific e-mails, telephone calls and text messages of Ms. Rousseff's top aide.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 00:00
His acknowledged lack of tact notwithstanding, he is the driving force behind a series of socially liberal and establishment-shaking rulings, turning Brazil's highest court - and him in particular - into a newfound political power and the subject of popul
Wednesday, August 14, 2013 - 00:00
Brazil's foreign minister on Tuesday excoriated the surveillance practices of the United States, dismissing as unsatisfactory Secretary of State John Kerry's explanation.
Tuesday, August 13, 2013 - 00:00
Colombia's foreign minister, Maria Angela Holguin, and Mr. Kerry, who met with Mr. Santos, appeared to smooth over differences on spying.