Tag: Moreira Franco

• Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 14:41 UTC

  Brazil: Former President Michel Temer is arrested

  

  Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was arrested on Thursday on corruption charges, a dramatic development in a sprawling corruption probe that has roiled Brazil has showed no sign of slowing.

• Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  Temer names trusted official a Mines and Energy minister, ahead of decisive privatizations

  

  Brazil’s President Michel Temer named Wellington Moreira Franco to take over the Mines and Energy Ministry, a key portfolio that includes overseeing the proposed privatization of Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA (Eletrobras).