Stan Lehman
Monday, August 17, 2015 - 11:16
Brazilians took to the streets of cities and towns across the country Sunday for anti-government protests being watched as a barometer of discontent with the increasingly unpopular President Dilma Rousseff. Called mostly by activist groups via social media, the demonstrations assailed Rousseff, whose standing in the polls has plunged amid a snowballing corruption scandal that has embroiled politicians from her Workers’ Party as well as a sputtering economy, a weakening currency and rising inflation.
Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 00:00
The prosecutor's office charged in a statement that the companies engaged in price fixing and said those that won bids then contracted the losing companies to provide services.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - 00:00
Prosecutor David Medina told a Tuesday news conference that the nightclub's two owners and two band members were charged with murder
Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 00:00
State legislator Olimpio Gomes, a former police officer, told the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper that the measure "shows the government does not trust police"
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 - 00:00
Brazil's Truth Commission will investigate only human rights abuses committed by the country's former dictatorship, not any crimes committed by opponents of the 1964-1985 regime.
Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 00:00
In past cases, compensation was paid by state and federal governments rather than individuals.
Thursday, May 17, 2012 - 00:00
Rousseff, a former leftist guerrilla who spent three years in prison during the dictatorship and was brutally tortured, was moved to tears as she ushered in the long-delayed commission.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 00:00
Decio Sa, a political reporter for the newspaper O Estado do Maranhao in northeastern Brazil, was at least the fourth journalist slain this year in the South American nation.
Monday, March 19, 2012 - 00:00
Prosecutors said in an emailed statement that they would appeal. Their decision to pursue the case was applauded this week by the United Nations and humans rights groups.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 00:00
Patriota said Brazil also wouldn't change its stance and would join its neighbor Argentina and other South American nations in turning away ships flying Falkland Island flags.