Tag: Michel Temer

Wednesday, March 16th 2016 - 06:36 UTC
Lula da Silva on the run ready o accept position in cabinet; markets and Real collapse on the news

Brazil's ex-president Lula da Silva will accept a position in his successor's cabinet, according to a leading national newspaper, in order to protect himself from prosecution in a corruption case involving the state-run oil company, Petrobras. Rio-based O Globo newspaper reported on Tuesday that Lula had told several close advisers that he would rejoin the cabinet, citing no sources. Brazilian markets and currency collapsed on the news.
Wednesday, January 20th 2016 - 08:06 UTC
Rousseff's impeachment chances dying out as main ally is strongly divided on the issue

President Dilma Rousseff’s opponents in the fractious Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) are losing hope that they can impeach the leader and replace her with their man, Vice-President Michel Temer.
Monday, December 14th 2015 - 08:03 UTC
A compliment disguised as a joke wins a glass of wine...in the face

One of Brazil’s most powerful women says she was only defending her honor when she tossed a glass of white wine in the face of an equally powerful elected official who called her a “man-eater.”
Friday, December 11th 2015 - 07:54 UTC
Corruption among members of Brazil's congress is “across the board”

Corruption among members of Brazil's Congress is 'across the board', involves most parties and the whole system, and as such the recent beginning of impeachment proceedings against president Dilma Rousseff is no exception.
Wednesday, December 9th 2015 - 09:18 UTC
Vice-president Temer virtually announces split of Brazil's coalition government

The Brazilian Congress set in motion on Tuesday a complex process that will weigh the possible impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, but even more significant was a letter made public by vice president Michel Temer, which clearly indicates a rift and a possible distancing of the senior partner in the ruling coalition.
Tuesday, December 8th 2015 - 09:03 UTC
Impeachment battle takes off in Brazil; Rousseff calls for an early vote

Impeachment proceedings against Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff were delayed on Monday by a fight between supporters and opponents trying to stack a lower house committee that will report on whether she committed an impeachable offense.
Saturday, December 5th 2015 - 08:25 UTC
Rousseff suffers setbacks in attempt to block impeachment proceedings

$Aviation Minister Eliseu Padilha, an ally of Temer and part of the fractious party that is Rousseff's main coalition partner, submitted his resignation$

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff on Friday suffered two setbacks to her fight against impeachment, as a minister from her main coalition ally resigned and the Supreme Court quashed appeals from supporters seeking to stop the impeachment process.
Thursday, December 3rd 2015 - 08:41 UTC
Brazil political crisis escalates: Congress initiates impeachment proceedings against president Rousseff

The speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha has announced plans to open impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, allegedly on violation of fiscal legislation. In practical terms this means further political upheaval in the months ahead in a country that has been rocked by the steepest recession in 25 years, job losses, and a corruption scheme of planetary proportions in oil giant Petrobras.
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.
Wednesday, October 7th 2015 - 10:28 UTC
Brazil's top electoral court will investigate Rousseff's reelection campaign for alleged 'irregularities'

Brazil's top electoral authority ruled on Tuesday there are grounds to investigate irregularities in President Dilma Rousseff's re-election campaign last year. The TSE electoral court voted 5-2 on the decision. It is seeking to determine whether Rousseff and Vice President Michel Temer abused their power while in office to run the campaign, and whether illegal money was used as funding.