Presidential Campaign to Cost Nearly R$1B in Brazil: Daily
By Lise Alves, Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – This year’s presidential election campaigns should cost a total of R$916.7 million, according to data received by the Superior Electoral Court...
View ArticleBrazil’s 2014 Presidential Elections May See Second Round
By Kate Rintoul, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — With her unconditional backing of former president Lula, some had suggested incumbent president Dilma Rousseff could win the 2014...
View ArticleBrazil’s Presidential Candidates on Education, Health
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – On October 5th more than 140 million Brazilians will go to the polls to choose the country’s next president. Voters will be looking at...
View ArticleBrazil’s Presidential Candidates Announce Plans for Economy
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Rising inflation and plunging economic growth have been major concerns for Brazilians this election year. According to government data,...
View ArticleBrazil’s Presidential Race is Between Rousseff and Neves
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – More than 142 million Brazilians went to the polls on Sunday and more than a few surprises were registered. Although polls over the...
View ArticleMarina Silva Endorses Neves in Brazil’s Presidential Race
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Presidential candidate Aecio Neves received a crucial endorsement on Sunday in his bid for the top spot in Brazil. Third-placed candidate...
View ArticleNew Datafolha Shows Draw Between Neves and Rousseff
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – In the survey of the second round of presidential elections taken by Datafolha, candidates Aécio Neves, of the PSDB party, and incumbent...
View ArticlePresidential Race in Brazil is Still Too Close to Call
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Less than five days from presidential elections in Brazil, incumbent President, Dilma Rousseff, has edged her way to the lead, ahead of...
View ArticleVoters Go to Polls Today to Elect Next President in Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The last voter intention polls conducted by Datafolha and Ibope before Sunday’s Presidential elections give Brazil’s incumbent...
View ArticleDilma Rousseff Re-Elected as Brazil’s President
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Incumbent President Dilma Rousseff won re-election on Sunday by a straight margin over opposition candidate Aecio Neves. With 99.7...
View ArticleDefeated Candidate Aecio Neves Reclaims Senate Seat
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Defeated presidential candidate Aecio Neves of the PSDB (Social Democracy Party) returned to Congress on Tuesday to reclaim his senator’s...
View ArticleProtests Against President Rousseff Announced for Sunday in Brazil
By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A combination of facts discovered in Operation Lava Jato (car wash) regarding a huge money laundering scandal in Brazil involving oil...
View ArticleBrazil Investment Grade Status Drops in Fitch Rating Adjustment
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – The investment grade of Brazil has been pummeled with the downgrade on Wednesday of the country’s sovereign rating by Fitch Ratings....
View ArticleBrazil’s Rousseff Vetoes Increase in Bolsa Familia Welfare Program
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – In one of her last acts for 2015, Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, sanctioned the 2016 budget bill, on December 31st. The President,...
View ArticleBrazil’s President Rousseff Says She Will Never Resign
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Although a recent opinion poll showed that 68 percent of Brazilians support the impeachment of Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff, she...
View ArticleBrazilian Senator Aecio Neves Implicated in Fraud Scheme
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Former presidential candidate, Senator Aecio Neves has been accused by an Odebrecht executive of setting up a bribery scheme to benefit...
View ArticleOpinion: Janot’s Lists in Brazil
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On the eve of the Ides of March, Brazil’s Chief Prosecutor Rodrigo Janot submitted 320 petitions to Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF), or, more precisely,...
View ArticleOdebrecht Admits Illegal Donations During Brazil’s 2014 Elections
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Mega construction company, Odebrecht, gave more than R$37 million in irregular donations for the 2014 Presidential campaign, according to...
View ArticleBrazilian Senator Aecio Neves Received R$2 Million From JBS
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Former Presidential candidate, Senator Aecio Neves, asked for R$2 million from JBS President Joesley Batista, according to the executive...
View ArticleOpinion: Brazil’s Shameless Politicians
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Last week and this have proven beyond any doubt that Brazilian politicians have no sense of shame whatsoever. Lula (who instituted and oversaw both...
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