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Brazil Foreign Minister José Serra Quits Due to Health Issues

By: Karina Martín - Feb 23, 2017, 2:32 pm

Brazilian Foreign Minister José Serra resigned Wednesday, February 22nd, due to health problems. In a letter sent to President Michel…

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Brazil: Rousseff On Board with New Elections to Fix Political Crisis

By: Sabrina Martín - @SabrinaMartinR - Jun 15, 2016, 5:09 pm

The suspended President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff told members of Congress recently that she favors holding new elections to solve the country’s…

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Brazil: Minister Steps Down after Leak Hints Impeachment Plot

By: Sabrina Martín - @SabrinaMartinR - May 24, 2016, 10:13 am

The new Brazilian Minister of Planning Romero Jucá announced this Monday, May 23 that he will be temporarily stepping down from…

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Brazil Partners with WHO to Track Tobacco, Alcohol Industries

By: Yaël Ossowski - @YaelOss - May 20, 2016, 1:25 pm

The World Health Organization is pulling out all the stops in its effort to turn public opinion against the tobacco…

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Uber Greenlighted to Operate in Brazil's Largest City, São Paulo

By: Nelson Albino Jr. - May 11, 2016, 3:42 pm

On Tuesday May 10, Mayor of São Paulo Fernando Haddad authorized the use of transport services shared by mobile applications,…

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Brazilian President Rousseff's Campaign Was Financed with Bribes

By: Sabrina Martín - @SabrinaMartinR - Apr 8, 2016, 6:13 pm

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s election campaigns of 2010 and 2014 were financed with bribes from the electrical system and Petrobras contracts, newspaper…