Anthony Boadle
Monday, September 19, 2016 - 08:25
Eight Brazilians arrested before the Rio Olympics for belonging to a loosely organized group that supported Islamic State and discussed attacking the games were charged on Friday under Brazil's anti-terrorism law.
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 05:36
President Dilma Rousseff's opponents within her main coalition partner, the fractious Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), are losing hope that they can impeach the leftist leader and replace her with their man, Vice President Michel Temer.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 07:42
As they head into intense campaigning for the next two months, both Neves and Eduardo Campos, a dark-horse upstart candidate from another left-leaning party, will focus on the negatives that have begun to rattle the foundations of Rousseff's support.
Friday, May 2, 2014 - 06:37
Sources close to both leaders told Reuters that, despite the groundswell, Rousseff is almost certain to be the Workers' Party candidate this year, although they declined to totally rule out Lula's return
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 05:43
If the vote were held today, Rousseff would win 40 percent of the ballots, while her two main rivals put together would get only 24 percent, not enough to force a run-off.
Friday, April 4, 2014 - 00:00
Some investors are betting that the dapper senator from the centrist Brazilian Social Democracy Party has a decent chance of winning
Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 00:00
The bill says companies such as Google Inc and Facebook Inc are subject to Brazilian laws and courts in cases involving information on Brazilians.
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 00:00
The move to tap Cuba's doctors-for-export program begun by former leader Fidel Castro became a priority for Rousseff after massive protests against corruption and shoddy public transport, education and healthcare services rocked Brazil in June.
Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 00:00
Brazil's lower chamber of Congress passed a constitutional amendment on Tuesday that would force the federal government to get congressional approval before cutting or freezing spending items added to the budget by lawmakers.
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - 00:00
The political parties and Congress, seen as Brazil's most corrupt institutions in a recent opinion poll, have done so little to clean up their act that Brazilians wonder whether they got the message.