Tag: Dilma Rousseff

• Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 07:00 UTC

  With Lula a weakened myth, Rousseff is fighting for her political life on several fronts

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is fighting for her political life in Congress, the courts and streets this week, but her path to survival has got ever narrower, analysts said on Monday. Rousseff faces impeachment proceedings over alleged fiscal mismanagement, while the Supreme Electoral Court is considering possible campaign funding irregularities that could end up annulling her 2014 reelection.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2016 - 05:35 UTC

  Brazilian company admits, in plea bargain, illegal payments to Rousseff presidential campaign

  

  Executives from Brazil's second-largest engineering company, Andrade Gutierrez have testified that the company paid suppliers for President Dilma Rousseff's 2010 electoral campaign off the books, newspaper a Folha de S.Paulo reported on Tuesday.

• Monday, February 29th 2016 - 20:42 UTC

  Arrest of Rousseff key advisor brings more uncertainty to her administration

  

  A member of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff’s inner circle who masterminded her two successful election campaigns, Joao Santana is accused by prosecutors of receiving payment for his services in money illegally siphoned from state oil company Petrobras.

• Monday, February 22nd 2016 - 09:32 UTC

  Rousseff is managing to survive despite ongoing dispute with Congress

  

  President Dilma Rousseff's main coalition partner, the fractious Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PDMB), re-elected a key ally of hers as its leader in the lower house of Congress last week, enhancing her chances of blocking impeachment.

• Friday, February 19th 2016 - 04:24 UTC

  Brazil biggest environmental disaster: compensation agreement could be signed this week

  

  The Brazilian government expects to reach an agreement by Friday with Samarco Mineração to settle a 20 billion-real (US$4.9 billion) lawsuit for damages in the deadly dam disaster which burst in inland Minas Gerais creating a tsunami of mud and waste that killed 17 people and reached the Atlantic ocean.

• Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 07:55 UTC

  President Rousseff with 200.000 troops leads the “Zika Zero” campaign

  

  More than 200,000 troops fanned out across Brazil over the weekend to raise awareness about the mosquito that spreads the Zika virus, which has been linked to a surge in birth defects.

• Tuesday, February 16th 2016 - 07:43 UTC

  Brazil will hold Olympic Games despite Zika, says president Rousseff

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said that the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro would take place despite the Zika virus, at a time when various athletes have expressed their fears about competing.

• Wednesday, February 3rd 2016 - 07:04 UTC

  Harsh time for Rousseff in Congress: booing and threats of more difficulties

  

  Brazilian Congress gave on Tuesday a harsh welcome to President Dilma Rousseff at its yearly inaugural session, booing her and threatening new “difficulties” added to the turbulent relations that prevail between the executive and legislative branches.

• Wednesday, February 3rd 2016 - 06:15 UTC

  Brazil airline shares soar as regulator admits opening to foreign capital

  

  Brazilian airline shares soared nearly 30% on Monday after a newspaper report said the government may scrap limits on foreign ownership of domestic airlines to attract investment to the struggling sector. President Dilma Rousseff may propose legislation giving her discretion to let foreign groups own as much as 100% of local airlines, up from 20%, Valor Econômico reported.

• Friday, January 29th 2016 - 04:31 UTC

  Brazil unveils US$ 20bn credit plan to revive economy; 'raid' on workers' pension funds

  

  Brazil will release 83 billion reais (US$20.4 billion) in new credit from state-run banks for farmers, builders and other businesses suffering in a shrinking economy, resuming stimulus efforts it had largely eschewed in last year's austerity drive.