Tag: Dilma Rousseff

• 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.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

  Brazil’s ex president Temer admits that Rousseff's impeachment was a “coup”

  

  Brazil former president, Michel Temer, described for the first time the dismissal of his predecessor Dilma Rousseff as a “coup”, as the left marks the political trial that removed the ex-president of the Workers Party from power.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2019 - 06:38 UTC

  Bolsonaro warns of Argentine exodus into Brazil if the “leftist scoundrel” Cristina Fernandez returns to office

  

  Conservative president Jair Bolsonaro warned on Monday that Brazil could see a wave of migrants fleeing Argentina if a presidential election in that country returns leftist politicians to power, after their strong showing in a Sunday primary vote.

• Friday, August 2nd 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Bolsonaro names military officers to the truth committee investigating dictatorship disappearances

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Thursday appointed two members of the armed forces to a commission investigating deaths and disappearances during the 1964-81 military dictatorship.

• Wednesday, July 31st 2019 - 09:29 UTC

  Bolsonaro questions credibility of a truth commission that investigated human rights abuses under the military dictatorship

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday questioned the credibility of a truth commission that investigated human rights abuses under the country's military dictatorship, suggesting it was politically influenced by the left. 

• Wednesday, March 27th 2019 - 06:42 UTC

  Bolsonaro's decision to commemorate military coup opposed by federal prosecutors office

  

  Brazil's federal prosecutor's office on Tuesday said it was opposed to far-right President Jair Bolsonaro's plan to allow the armed forces to officially commemorate the 55th anniversary of Brazil's military coup this weekend.

• Thursday, December 20th 2018 - 09:32 UTC

  Ex minister of Rousseff accused of receiving millions in bribes from JBS food company

  

  Brazilian Federal Police raided the home of Science and Technology Minister Gilberto Kassab on Wednesday following accusations that he received millions in bribes from the JBS food company between 2010 and 2016.

• Friday, December 7th 2018 - 10:01 UTC

  Temer has no regrets and trusts Bolsonaro's government will succeed

  

  Brazilian outgoing president Michel Temer said on Thursday his government will leave a primary budget deficit fewer than 130 billion reais (US$ 33.3 billion) when he hands over the reins to President-elect Jair Bolsonaro on January first.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 08:17 UTC

  Three out of five living ex Brazilian presidents defendants in corruption cases

  

  The Brazilian corruption probe known as Operation Carwash (Lava Jato) has placed three out of five living former presidents of Brazil as defendants. Michel Temer, the current president, and José Sarney so far have been only arraigned.