Tag: Brazilian Social Democratic Party

• Monday, August 6th 2018 - 07:33 UTC

  Brazilian right wing candidate picks an Army general as his running mate

  

  Far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro picked an army reserve general on Sunday to be his running mate for Brazil's October elections. Bolsonaro, who is the candidate of the Social Liberal Party, announced his choice of reserve Gen. Hamilton Mourao, who belongs to the right-wing Brazilian Labor Renewal Party.

• Thursday, March 19th 2015 - 07:42 UTC

  Brazilian opposition insists Supreme Court must investigate Rousseff

  

  Brazil's opposition has announced that it will ask the Supreme Federal Court to investigate President Dilma Rousseff for the Petrobras corruption scandal in which her party's treasurer Joao Vacari is also implicated.

• Saturday, August 10th 2013 - 02:04 UTC

  Corruption allegations in crucial Sao Paulo city reach Brazil’s main opposition party

  

  After the mensalão case rocked Brazil’s ruling party, it seems it’s now the turn of the Social Democrats (PSDB), the main opposition party. The Attorney General’s office and the police are investigating the allegations against the PSDB and if its leaders received kickbacks from a scheme involving the maintenance of train and metro lines in Sao Paulo.

• Saturday, June 2nd 2012 - 03:57 UTC

  Lula da Silva back in race if President Dilma Rousseff does not try re-election

  

  Brazil's former President Lula da Silva admitted during a television interview that he will be presidential candidate in the 2014 elections if current Head of State Dilma Rousseff does not run for re-election.

• Wednesday, May 5th 2010 - 21:07 UTC

  A Rousseff Administration Would Continue with Lula da Silva’s Economic Policies

  

  Brazil’s ruling coalition president candidate Dilma Rousseff will continue with the current economic policies of the government boosting the role of state corporations if successful in the coming October election, said José Eduardo Dutra, president of the Workers' Party.