Tag: Michel Temer

• Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 08:07 UTC

  Temer: “We need more diplomacy, we need the UN more than before”

  

  The President of Brazil, the first Head of State traditionally to address the annual United Nations General Assembly’s general debate, pledged on Tuesday that his country will sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons – reiterating that the nuclear powers undertake additional disarmament.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2017 - 10:20 UTC

  Brazil's new prosecutor general sworn in: “People will not tolerate corruption and demand results”

  

  The new prosecutor general tasked with leading Brazil's anti-corruption drive was sworn in on Monday, and said she would continue her predecessor's campaign against graft in Latin America's biggest nation.

• Friday, September 15th 2017 - 07:12 UTC

  Brazil's Temer charged with obstruction of justice and racketeering

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer was charged with obstruction of justice and racketeering on Thursday, according to a statement posted on the prosecutor general's office website, threatening to delay the government's economic reform agenda in Congress.

• Monday, September 11th 2017 - 10:21 UTC

  Brazilian tycoon who implicated president Temer arrested for withholding information

  

  The former chairman of the world’s largest meatpacker, whose testimony implicated Brazil’s president in corruption, turned himself in to police Sunday after the country’s Supreme Court ordered his arrest.

• Wednesday, September 6th 2017 - 07:28 UTC

  A weakened Temer faces a second corruption charge with a divided congress

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer faces a tougher battle to quash an imminent second corruption charge because he has lost support among disgruntled members of his governing coalition in Congress, the country's lower house speaker said.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2017 - 11:30 UTC

  Brazil limits discretionary subsidies through government banks lending

  

  Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved the main text of a bill creating a market-based benchmark interest rate for state lender BNDES, in a victory for President Michel Temer. The lower house will now have to analyze three potential amendments to the bill early on Tuesday before sending the measure to a final Senate vote, speaker Rodrigo Maia told reporters.

• Wednesday, August 23rd 2017 - 09:55 UTC

  Temer prepared to privatize one of Brazil's jewels of the crown

  

  Brazil's surprise move to privatize Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA sent the utility's shares soaring nearly 50% on Tuesday as investors bet the plan augured further moves to loosen the government's grip on the economy.

• Tuesday, August 15th 2017 - 09:34 UTC

  Temer and Meirelles discussing with congress leaders budget deficit and cabinet positions

  

  Brazil's government delayed the announcement of looser budget targets for 2017 and 2018, previously expected for Monday, as authorities struggled to estimate revenues given strong opposition in Congress to tax hikes.

• Friday, August 11th 2017 - 11:57 UTC

  Temer heckled after addressing a business conference in Rio do Janeiro

  

  President Michel Temer, whose popularity is the lowest for a Brazilian head of state in decades and who last week was spared from standing trial on corruption charges by the vote of his allies in Congress, was booed at the conclusion of his appearance at a trade fair in Rio do Janeiro.

• Tuesday, August 8th 2017 - 17:12 UTC

  Brazilian Attorney General describes president Temer as a “thug”

  

  Brazil’s attorney general strongly criticized Congress’ lower house on Monday for voting against putting President Michel Temer on trial for bribery, adding that plea bargains being negotiated could lead to charges of racketeering and obstruction of justice.