Tag: Dilma Rousseff

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Tense moments mark ceremony at Brazil's TSE

  

  Brazilian former Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (PT), Dilma Rousseff (PT), Michel Temer (MDB), and José Sarney (MDB) Tuesday sat opposite the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and the members of the Supreme Federal Court as Alexandre De Moraes was sworn in Tuesday as the Superior Electoral Court's new Chief Justice.

• Wednesday, March 30th 2022 - 21:26 UTC

  Dilma says Latin America needs to take path of reindustrialization

  

  The Puebla Group has launched an appeal for the reindustrialization of Latin America to counter the region's dependence on global inputs and imports.

• Friday, March 11th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Jeremy Corbyn and Dilma Rousseff, special guests to Chilean president Boric inauguration Friday

  

  The office of Chilean president-elect Gabriel Boric, who this Friday takes office as the successor of Sebastian Piñera, released the names of a list of special guests to the inauguration ceremony which includes well-known political leaders and social activists.

• Monday, February 7th 2022 - 20:08 UTC

  Brazilians eligible to enter US through speedier process

  

  Brazil's Foreign Ministry Monday announced citizens from that South American countries have become eligible to enter the United States through a speedier admissions program.

• Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 04:52 UTC

  Brazil's Electoral Court CJ says Dilma's impeachment was a coup

  

  Brazilian magistrate Luiz Roberto Barroso, who is at the same time a member of the Superior Federal Court (STF) and the Chief Justice at the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), said the impeachment of former President Dilma Rousseff was a coup d'état.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:37 UTC

  Socialist Paris mayor makes Lula da Silva an honorary citizen of the city

  

  Paris city hall made Brazil’s former leader Lula da Silva an honorary citizen on Monday, in a likely blow to his political enemy President Jair Bolsonaro whose relationship with France has deteriorated. The motion to honour Lula was backed by the city’s Socialist mayor Anne Hidalgo.

• Wednesday, January 15th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Bolsonaro says documentary on the downfall of ex president Rousseff is rubbish

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday dismissed an Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary about the 2016 impeachment of leftist ex-leader Dilma Rousseff as “rubbish.”

• Tuesday, October 29th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Alberto Fernandez and Bolsonaro on collision course over Lula and Mercosur

  

  Argentine elected president Alberto Fernandez on Sunday called for ex-president Lula da Silva to be freed from prison, which most certainly puts him on a collision course with Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro.

• Monday, September 30th 2019 - 08:03 UTC

  Brazil's ex chief prosecutor admits wanting to kill one of the Justices for smearing his daughter

  

  A judge in Brazil has issued a restraining order against a former attorney general after he admitted carrying a gun inside the Supreme Court to kill one of the justices. Rodrigo Janot served as chief public prosecutor for four years until 2017.

• Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 17:48 UTC

  Ex Odebrecht corrupt VP found dead in Rio de Janeiro

  

  Former Odebrecht Vicepresident Henrique Valladares, one of the main informants in the megacorruption scandal which links the Brazilian building firm with bribes involving top tier officials from governments all over Latin America, has been found lifeless in his Rio de Janeiro flat, it was reported. The cause of death is yet to be determined.