Tag: Antonio Palocci

• Friday, January 22nd 2016 - 07:05 UTC

  Lula furious over bribe allegations says he's the most honest man in Brazil

  

  Brazil's ex president Lula da Silva declared that there is “no more honest living soul in the country” than him, as he angrily rejected new corruption allegations linking himself and some of his relatives to the corruption scandal involving state-run oil company Petrobras.

• Thursday, August 11th 2011 - 23:40 UTC

  President Rousseff orders ‘clean up’ of the Agriculture and Tourism ministries

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff ordered a “cleanup and fumigation” in the Agriculture ministry following claims of lobbyism and suspended all tenders at the Ministry of Transport where the minister and his top staff resigned because of corruption charges.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2011 - 22:41 UTC

  Brazil’s (5%) Transport minister resigns following allegations of corruption

  

  Brazil's transport minister became the latest top official to quit because of corruption allegations, adding to the recent struggles of President Dilma Rousseff's six-month-old government.

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 13:54 UTC

  Brazilian president support up two points following cabinet reshuffle

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff public opinion support climbed two points following last week’s cabinet reshuffle and a majority of Brazilians also believes that former president Lula da Silva continues to intervene in government affairs and this participation is ‘correct’.

• Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 11:00 UTC

  Palocci resigns to his post as member of Petrobras Administration Council

  

  Petrobras announced Friday in an official release that President Dilma Rousseff’s administration former chief of staff Antonio Palocci had resigned to his post in the Administration Council of the country’s oil and gas state-controlled corporation.

• Friday, June 10th 2011 - 01:42 UTC

  “Dilma has the authority to sack the chief of staff and acted at the right time”

  

  Commenting this week’s resignation of Brazilian chief of staff Antonio Palocci in the midst of a political crisis that has shaken Brazil in the past few days, former president Lula da Silva said that Dilma “had the authority to fire the chief of staff and acted at the right time.”

• Thursday, June 9th 2011 - 05:52 UTC

  Ousted Palocci takes his job as member of Petrobras administration council

  

  Antonio Palocci, who on Tuesday stepped down as President Dilma Rousseff’s chief of staff over questions about his personal finances, will be taking a seat at Petrobras Administration Council, confirmed Brazil’s oil giant president Sergio Gabrielli.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 03:14 UTC

  “A Lula da Silva man steps down; a Dilma woman moves in”

  

  Brazilian Senator Gleisi Helena Hoffmann, 45, wife of Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo has been chosen by President Dilma Rousseff to replace outcast Antonio Palocci as chief of staff.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2011 - 02:28 UTC

  Embattled Palocci, the most influential official in Brazil’s cabinet, resigns

  

  Brazil’s embattled Chief of Staff Antonio Palocci described by fellow ministers as the most influential official in President Dilma Rousseff's government resigned on Tuesday to prevent a scandal over his finances from becoming an ongoing distraction for the administration.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2011 - 01:22 UTC

  “Dilma is being manipulated and eclipsed by Lula da Silva” claims the opposition

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff’s handling of her cabinet chief Antonio Palocci crisis has come under heavy flack from the opposition who warned that she is losing image and is being eclipsed by former president Lula da Silva.