Tag: Dilma Rousseff

• Tuesday, August 25th 2015 - 14:48 UTC

  Rousseff ever more lame: VP Temer to drop as political coordinator

  

  Brazilian Vice President Michel Temer has decided to drop his role as day-to-day political coordinator in Congress for President Dilma Rousseff but is not leaving her government, two sources in the administration said on Monday.

• Tuesday, August 25th 2015 - 14:43 UTC

  Brazil's electoral authority investigating funding of Rousseff's presidential campaign

  

  The vice-president of Brazil’s TSE electoral authority has asked for an investigation of President Dilma Rousseff’s 2014 re-election campaign, citing evidence that it may have been financed with money from a corruption scheme at state-run oil firm Petrobras.

• Friday, August 21st 2015 - 07:49 UTC

  Merkel calls for a free trade accord between the Europe Union and Mercosur

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel pressed Brazil's government on Thursday to further open its markets to foreign companies, and said she saw an opportunity to reach a free-trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur trade bloc. Merkel is on a two-day visit to Brazil with a large delegation of government officials and representatives from German companies.

• Friday, August 21st 2015 - 07:41 UTC

  Rousseff admits a year of recession because of 'massive economic difficulties”

  

  A slump in commodity markets will burden the global economy for some time to come, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told Germany's Handelsblatt business daily, adding she hoped the Brazilian economy would pick up in a year.

• Friday, August 21st 2015 - 07:27 UTC

  Pro-Rousseff march turnout no match for Sunday's antigovernment protest

  

  Brazil unions and left groups staged a string of protests in a show of support for President Dilma Rousseff, although turnout was markedly lower than at massive anti-government rallies over the weekend. The protests hit back at the growing push to impeach Rousseff, who less than a year into her second term is struggling for political survival.

• Thursday, August 20th 2015 - 07:07 UTC

  Two lady leaders under fire, meet in Brazil hoping to recover ground

  

  Chancellor Angela Merkel, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and several other high-ranking German politicians touched down in Brazil's capital, Brasilia late Wednesday. The German delegation set off on its 12-hour flight immediately after a Bundestag vote approving a new bailout package for Greece.

• Thursday, August 20th 2015 - 07:02 UTC

  Victory for Rousseff: Senate passes major bill of fiscal austerity plan

  

  Brazil's Senate approved a bill to roll back payroll tax breaks on Wednesday that is a key measure in President Dilma Rousseff's efforts to reduce a gaping fiscal deficit and restore confidence in her government's accounts. The Senate voted 45-27 to pass the bill which was received from the lower house with no changes.

• Saturday, August 15th 2015 - 07:27 UTC

  Massive protest turnout on Sunday could decide Brazilian president's future

  

  Hundreds of thousands of angry of citizens are expected to take to the streets of more than 114 Brazilian cities on Sunday as allegations of corruption and incompetence swamp the government, and plummeting commodity prices sap its economy, posing a key test for President Dilma Rousseff.

• Thursday, August 13th 2015 - 07:32 UTC

  Rousseff gets an extra 15 days to explain she did not doctor public accounts

  

  President Dilma Rousseff got an extra 15 days on Wednesday to respond to allegations that she doctored public accounts last year, delaying a decision by a court that could pave the way for the populist leader's impeachment.

• Wednesday, August 12th 2015 - 07:30 UTC

  Moody's tough on Brazil but also confident on a mid term growth rebound

  

  Moody’s Investors Service cut Brazil’s credit rating to near-junk status on Tuesday but said the country’s coveted investment grade status is safe for now, proving some relief to investors and the government of President Dilma Rousseff.