Tag: Eduardo Cunha

• Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 07:37 UTC

  Brazil's Supreme Court gives Rousseff a break in her battle to avoid impeachment

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff won a temporary reprieve on Tuesday from threatened impeachment thanks to a Supreme Court intervention and her principal opponent's decision to hold off for now on opening proceedings.

• Saturday, October 10th 2015 - 07:24 UTC

  Rousseff fears “Paraguay-style democratic coup” to remove her from office

  

  President Dilma Rousseff said in a closed-door meeting that Brazil is experiencing a “Paraguayan-style democratic coup,” alluding to the 2012 removal of Paraguay's then-head of state, the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper reported Friday.

• Saturday, October 10th 2015 - 07:11 UTC

  Opposition will push for impeachment proceedings against Rousseff next week

  

  Brazil opposition lawmakers will push for impeachment proceedings to begin next week against embattled President Dilma Rousseff, local media reported Friday. It comes after the country’s top audit court, the TCU, ruled that the government’s 2014 accounts had been manipulated in the run-up to last year’s presidential elections to give a better impression of the economy and sustain spending on social programs.

• Saturday, October 3rd 2015 - 08:34 UTC

  Check-mate to Brazil's Lower House speaker: he and family have Swiss bank accounts

  

  A group of lawmakers called for the resignation of the speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, after Switzerland provided Brazilian prosecutors with details of Swiss bank accounts in his name.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2015 - 09:45 UTC

  Rousseff's latest austerity measures, 'hard to pass' warn congress leaders

  

  President Dilma Rousseff's latest austerity plan to rescue Brazil's sinking economy faced a cold reception Tuesday, with Congress raising questions over whether the measures will win approval. The speaker of the lower house of Congress and one of Rousseff's chief foes, Eduardo Cunha, dismissed the measures as “pseudo cuts” and predicted they would not easily pass.

• Friday, August 21st 2015 - 06:42 UTC

  Brazil's prosecution seeks to charge Lower House speaker and a Senator on Petrobras corruption

  

  Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday asked the Federal Supreme Court to authorize prosecution of the speaker of the lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, in a massive corruption case centered on state-controlled oil giant Petrobras.

• 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.

• Tuesday, August 18th 2015 - 09:28 UTC

  Former Petrobras top official sentenced to 12 years in prison

  

  A Brazilian judge sentenced Nestor Cervero, former international chief of state-run oil firm Petrobras, to just over 12 years in prison on Monday for corruption and money laundering related to a bribe allegedly paid to the speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress.

• Saturday, July 18th 2015 - 08:10 UTC

  Rousseff, ever so weakened and isolated warns of “anti democratic adventures”

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff told regional peers on Friday there is no room for “anti-democratic adventures” in South America, a day after the speaker of Brazil's lower house said he was weighing legal arguments for her impeachment. Speaking to the heads of state of Mercosur, Rousseff said political leaders should strive for dialogue to resolve ideological differences.

• Friday, July 17th 2015 - 04:48 UTC

  Brazil's corruption scandals reach Lula da Silva: probe into influence peddling

  

  Prosecutors in Brazil have announced a probe into possible influence peddling by former president Lula da Silva, involving the construction firm Odebrecht which is one of Latin America's largest engineering company. The investigation will center on Lula's alleged use of his clout after leaving office to help scandal-ridden construction giant Odebrecht land billion-dollar contracts in Latin America and Africa.