Dilma Rousseff

EspañolLatin America's left, almost in unison, has raised it voice in response to Brazil's impeachment trial. Congress has suspended Dilma Rousseff from the presidency for six months, which many have denounced as a coup, part of an…
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Suspended President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment trial, which cannot last longer than 180 days, and her temporary replacement by her former vice-president Michel Temer, who leads the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), transcend…
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Español The world's fifth largest economy finds itself in an unprecedented political crisis after its Senate approved Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment trial, for which she is stepping down for 180 days. President…
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EspañolBrazilian President Dilma Rousseff intends to send a draft of a constitutional amendment to Congress calling for new presidential elections to be held this year, according to a Monday, April 2 article in O Globo. According to…
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EspañolBrazil is going through its worst economic recession in decades, not to mention the political crisis that threatens to unseat President Dilma Rousseff and the ongoing corruption scandals at state-owned firms involving the largest…
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EspañolThe Lower Chamber of the Brazilian Congress approved an impeachment trial against President Dilma Rousseff on Sunday, April 17, as 367 representatives — more than the required two thirds majority — voted in favor of the…
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EspañolBrazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s election campaigns of 2010 and 2014 were financed with bribes from the electrical system and Petrobras contracts, newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported on Thursday. An executive at the…
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EspañolOn his Facebook, Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for a march in Brasilia, which he was supposed to lead but ultimately did not. The march was intended to pressure the Parliamentarians, who are considering…
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EspañolThe circle is closing around Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff after strong allegations of corruption have been made against her and former President Luiz Inacio da Silva. These are not isolated or petty cases: through…
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EspañolA series of recordings involving top-ranking Brazilian officials and former President Lula da Silva have accelerated the country's crisis, threatening political stability. On Wednesday, March 17, federal judge Sergio Moro…
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EspañolAlmost 2 million anti-government protesters descended upon the streets of 438 cities across Brazil on Sunday, March 13, to demand the resignation of President Dilma Rousseff. Her administration and left-wing Workers' Party are…
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The year 2015 saw the largest decline in global freedom in the past decade — so asserts human-rights NGO Freedom House in their latest report, "Freedom in the World 2016: Anxious Dictators, Wavering Democracies." Each year, the US-based…
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