Tag: Antonio Palocci

• Monday, June 6th 2011 - 06:09 UTC

  Rousseff and ‘godfather’ Lula da Silva meet to decide on the Palocci crisis

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was expected to consult her predecessor Lula da Silva before deciding whether to dismiss Cabinet Chief Antonio Palocci, who has come under scrutiny for consulting fees he earned while managing Rousseff’s election campaign, according to the Sao Paulo press.

• Friday, June 3rd 2011 - 01:56 UTC

  Rousseff tries to overcome internal rift and launches plan to eliminate extreme poverty

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff launched an ambitious plan to eliminate dire poverty in Brazil within four years by lifting more than 16 million people from conditions of “misery”.

• Monday, May 30th 2011 - 17:14 UTC

  Deep differences surface in Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff ruling coalition

  

  Brazilian Vice-president admitted publicly “differences” inside the administration of President Dilma Rousseff following a serious, ‘high voice’ exchange he had with cabinet chief and political coordinator Antonio Palocci who in under investigation for over-night enrichment.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 18:55 UTC

  Rousseff administration first scandal takes off in Congress and with prosecutors

  

  Brazil's young government faces its first scandal involving presidential chief of staff Antonio Palocci who is under fire for revelations that, while in Congress between 2006 and 2010, his net worth multiplied 20 times.

• Thursday, May 19th 2011 - 10:40 UTC

  Opposition call for disclosure of twenty-fold increase in Brazil’s chief of staff assets

  

  Revelations of a several times surge in the personal wealth of Brazilian government's influential chief of staff have triggered controversy and could drag on and become a major headache for President Dilma Rousseff.

• Wednesday, April 27th 2011 - 08:54 UTC

  Brazil’s five largest airports will be managed under concession by private sector

  

  Brazil is planning to hand over the country's five largest airports to the private sector through concession agreements, in an effort to accelerate upgrades ahead of two major international events, Brazilian presidential Chief of Staff Antonio Palocci said Tuesday.

• Saturday, December 4th 2010 - 06:53 UTC

  Partial announcement of Brazilian president-elect cabinet

  

  Brazil's president-elect on Friday named as her chief of staff a former aide to President Lula da Silva who was forced to resign as Finance minister in 2006 amid a corruption scandal.