Tag: Brazilean Congress

• Friday, February 13th 2015 - 04:13 UTC

  Brazilian congress ignores Rousseff's call for spending cuts

  

  Brazil's Congress passed legislation on Tuesday that limits the president's ability to reduce pork-barrel spending passed by lawmakers, a setback for President Dilma Rousseff's efforts to fight a fiscal deficit.

• Tuesday, February 3rd 2015 - 06:35 UTC

  Brazil's Lower House elects as speaker a critic of President Rousseff's policies

  

  Brazil's Congress elected a conservative as speaker of the Chamber of Deputies on Sunday in a setback for the ruling Workers' Party that split President Dilma Rousseff's coalition and will complicate her legislative agenda.

• Friday, April 4th 2014 - 07:35 UTC

  Brazilian congress strikes down new taxes on the domestic soy market

  

  Brazil's Congress struck down this week a proposal to impose new taxes on the internal soy market after fierce opposition from the country's agricultural sector. An amendment to apply a tax known as PIS/Cofins on soybean sales to some domestic buyers had been removed from a bill to simplify taxation of Brazilian companies abroad that was passed by the lower chamber late on Tuesday.

• Tuesday, December 3rd 2013 - 12:22 UTC

  Falkland Islands hosts a delegation of Brazilian congress advisors

  

  A delegation of political advisors from the Brazilian Congress is currently in the Falkland Islands. The group is accompanied by Andrew Ford First Secretary FCO Brasilia.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2013 - 22:07 UTC

  Brazilian congress rejects controversial amendment limiting prosecutors’ powers

  

  Brazil's congress late Tuesday evening rejected controversial amendment PEC 37, which would have limited the power of federal prosecutors to investigate crimes, and designated all royalties from newly discovered oil fields to education and healthcare.

• Wednesday, October 10th 2012 - 08:23 UTC

  Brazil high court convicts top aides of Lula da Silva for ‘Mensalao’ corruption scandal

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court convicted three top aides of former president Lula da Silva of graft related to a vote-buying scheme in Congress. Lula's ex-chief of staff Jose Dirceu was found guilty by six of the 10 judges in connection with the scheme that ran from 2002 to 2005 during the popular president's first term, a court spokesman said.

• Wednesday, October 3rd 2012 - 04:12 UTC

  Lula da Silva trusted aides face overwhelming evidence of involvement in ‘active corruption’

  

  The so called “trail of the century” in Brazil has already condemned 22 of the 37 culprits and on Wednesday is expected to peak when three former leaders of the ruling Workers’ Party are formally accused of having setup a network of bribes to ensure a majority in congress.

• Tuesday, August 14th 2012 - 07:47 UTC

  Defendant says Lula da Silva was the ring leader of the Brazilian congress bribes scandal

  

  The defence of one of the main accused at Brazil’s “trial of the century” claimed at a hearing before the Supreme Tribunal (Supreme court) that former president Lula da Silva (2003/2010) was who ordered the bribes scheme to buy votes in Congress.

• Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 06:30 UTC

  Brazil planning additional cuts of 32bn dollars in 2012 budget

  

  Brazil's government may cut as much as much 60 billion Reais (32 billion dollars) from spending in 2012 in an effort to control its deficit and inflation, the Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper reported, citing unnamed Finance Ministry officials.

• Saturday, June 11th 2011 - 11:37 UTC

  Rousseff names new Congress liaison to improve ties with coalition partners

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff made the second key change of the week in her cabinet on Friday, a move aimed at improving strained ties with allies in Congress. Luiz Sergio, the minister responsible for liaising with Congress, resigned from his post,