Tag: Leonardo Picciani

• Friday, May 13th 2016 - 07:13 UTC

  Brazil's third Sports minister since March with only 12 weeks to Rio Olympic Games

  

  Brazil shuffled its sports leadership team again on Thursday, just 85 days before the games arrive in Rio de Janeiro. The announcement came after vice president Michel Temer took over as the new acting president amid deep political turmoil. The previous president Dilma Rousseff was forced to temporarily resign following a Congressional vote to begin an impeachment trial against her for breaking budgetary laws.

• 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.