Tag: Dilma Roussef impeachment

• Thursday, August 25th 2016 - 08:39 UTC

  Final round for Rousseff who is moving belongings to Porto Alegre; Temer readies to travel to G20 summit in China

  

  The Brazilian Senate will open the impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff this Thursday and hear witnesses for and against the populist leader who is expected to be removed from office next week on charges of breaking budget laws.

• Monday, August 22nd 2016 - 10:59 UTC

  With Olympics over, Rousseff and Temer begin last chapters of survival game

  

  With the Rio Olympics over, Brazil’s attention returns to its long-running political drama as the country’s Senate starts the final phase of suspended President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment trial, a proceeding widely expected to permanently remove her from power.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2016 - 03:07 UTC

  In last-ditch attempt Rousseff promises to advance elections if she's not impeached

  

  Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff, on Tuesday pledged to open the door to an early general election if she survives an upcoming vote in the Brazilian Senate on ousting her less than half-way through her second term.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2016 - 21:12 UTC

  Temer banned from running for political office by a Sao Paulo electoral court

  

  A regional electoral court in Sao Paulo issued a guilty verdict against interim Brazilian President Michel Temer on election law violation charges, and declared the politician ineligible to run for political office for eight years as a result of having a “dirty record.”

• Tuesday, August 16th 2016 - 06:38 UTC

  Fearful of public's reaction Temer will not attend Rio Olympics closing ceremony

  

  Brazil's interim President Michel Temer's press office informed on late Monday that he will not attend the closing ceremony of the Rio Olympic Games, which will be held on the evening of August 21 at the world-renowned Maracana stadium.

• Saturday, August 13th 2016 - 08:50 UTC

  Media exposes Brazil congress 'behind the scenes' plot for a 'corruption amnesty' in the Petrobras case

  

  Brazilian financial newspaper Valor Econômico revealed details of an alleged corruption amnesty currently being discussed by lawmakers who have been accused of alleged involvement in the graft scandal at state oil firm Petrobras.

• Thursday, August 4th 2016 - 23:57 UTC

  Rousseff political downfall ever so close as Senate committee recommends her removal from office

  

  Brazilian Senate committee voted on Thursday to recommend the full upper house remove suspended president Dilma Rousseff from office in an impeachment trial, sending the nation's political drama into its end game. The decision -- passed by a vote of 14 to five -- is non-binding, but delivers Rousseff yet another setback on the eve of the Olympics opening ceremony in Rio de Janeiro.

• Wednesday, August 3rd 2016 - 07:24 UTC

  Brazilian caipirinha: Rousseff impeachment and Olympics take off this week

  

  Brazil's long-running presidential impeachment drama starts to unveil this week just as the Rio Olympics sprints out of the starting blocks. Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who is accused of breaking budgetary laws, is staying away from the opening ceremony in Rio.

• Tuesday, August 2nd 2016 - 06:43 UTC

  As Olympics opening Day approaches, Brazilians take to the streets to protest

  

  Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Brazil on Sunday, some calling for the permanent ouster of suspended President Dilma Rousseff and others demanding her return to office.Rousseff was impeached and suspended in May for allegedly violating budget laws. A Senate trial on permanently removing her is expected in late August.

• Monday, August 1st 2016 - 12:41 UTC

  Roussseff's impeachment should be resolved by end of August, says Temer

  

  Brazil's political uncertainty must be resolved by the end of August -- its Olympic-hosting month -- by reaching a verdict in the impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff, her interim replacement has said. Michel Temer, the vice president who has been acting head of state since May, said he expected Rousseff would be definitively booted from office. That would make him president until the next elections in 2018.