Tag: Dilma Roussef impeachment

• Wednesday, November 4th 2015 - 23:02 UTC

  Brazil's industrial output falls for a fourth straight month in September; 10.9% in twelve months

  

  Brazil's industrial output fell for a fourth straight month in September as automakers, metal producers and other manufacturers were hit by a worsening recession, government data showed on Wednesday. This follows the Brazilian central bank's announcement on Tuesday that the economy in 2015 would shrink over 3% with inflation almost at 10%.

• Thursday, October 22nd 2015 - 07:26 UTC

  Brazil's opposition files new impeachment petition against Rousseff

  

  Brazil's opposition filed a new impeachment petition against President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday, accusing her of illegal accounting practices. The much-anticipated petition, whose authors include a founder of Rousseff's Workers' Party, was handed over to congressional lower house speaker Eduardo Cunha.

• Saturday, October 17th 2015 - 06:43 UTC

  “Rousseff has broken the law and must step down”, says top Brazilian lawyer

  

  President Dilma Rousseff has broken the law and must step down so that Brazil can recover its legal bearings, the author of a key impeachment petition said. Helio Bicudo, a 93-year-old lawyer who was a high-ranking member of Rousseff's ruling Workers' Party, said in an interview that Brazil must return to “the rule of law.”

• Thursday, October 15th 2015 - 07:27 UTC

  Rousseff accused the opposition of a 'deliberate coup-mongering'

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has accused her opponents of trying to overthrow a democratically elected government by seeking to oust her without any material facts while spreading hatred and intolerance across the country.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 07:37 UTC

  Brazil's Supreme Court gives Rousseff a break in her battle to avoid impeachment

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff won a temporary reprieve on Tuesday from threatened impeachment thanks to a Supreme Court intervention and her principal opponent's decision to hold off for now on opening proceedings.

• Saturday, October 10th 2015 - 07:24 UTC

  Rousseff fears “Paraguay-style democratic coup” to remove her from office

  

  President Dilma Rousseff said in a closed-door meeting that Brazil is experiencing a “Paraguayan-style democratic coup,” alluding to the 2012 removal of Paraguay's then-head of state, the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper reported Friday.

• Saturday, October 10th 2015 - 07:11 UTC

  Opposition will push for impeachment proceedings against Rousseff next week

  

  Brazil opposition lawmakers will push for impeachment proceedings to begin next week against embattled President Dilma Rousseff, local media reported Friday. It comes after the country’s top audit court, the TCU, ruled that the government’s 2014 accounts had been manipulated in the run-up to last year’s presidential elections to give a better impression of the economy and sustain spending on social programs.

• Thursday, October 8th 2015 - 12:14 UTC

  Rousseff closer to impeachment: government accounting practices 'illegal' says Accounts Court

  

  Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff suffered a major new setback Wednesday when a court ruled that her government's accounting practices were illegal, handing ammunition to opponents threatening impeachment proceedings. The decision by the Federal Accounts Court or TCU was the latest blow to Rousseff, less than a year into her second term.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2015 - 08:34 UTC

  Check-mate to Brazil's Lower House speaker: he and family have Swiss bank accounts

  

  A group of lawmakers called for the resignation of the speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, after Switzerland provided Brazilian prosecutors with details of Swiss bank accounts in his name.

• Friday, September 18th 2015 - 07:37 UTC

  Brazil opposition parties file request in Congress to impeach Rousseff

  

  Brazil's opposition parties on Thursday filed a request in Congress to impeach President Dilma Rousseff for breaking fiscal rules by allegedly manipulating government finances to benefit her re-election last year. The request was backed by some members of Rousseff's main political ally, the fractious PMDB party, Brazil's largest, whose votes would be needed to succeed in ousting the president.