By Jan Rocha / Climate News NetworkMay 12, 2016
Members of Brazil’s Congress are set to exploit the suspension of Dilma Rousseff's presidency to dismantle environmental protection laws. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 12, 2016
An epic 20-hour debate in the Brazilian Senate concluded in a vote to suspend Dilma Rousseff from her presidential duties for six months as an impeachment trial is set to begin. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 30, 2016
The impending judicial, media-fueled coup against President Dilma Rousseff is the culmination of the deepest political crisis in Brazil in 50 years. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
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Victoria Livingstone / TruthdigMar 22, 2016
With a fragile democracy in upheaval, news is primarily coming from a right-leaning media monolith and social media, which tends to reinforce rather than expose biases. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigOct 27, 2014
The head of Brazil's Workers Party, President Dilma Rousseff, won a narrow victory Sunday against the "pro-business Aécio Neves." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Donald Kaufman / TruthdigOct 22, 2014
Over the past two months, the Brazilian Amazon has registered a sharp spike in deforestation.Over the past two months, the Brazilian Amazon has registered a sharp spike in deforestation . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 14, 2013
In response to Brazilian citizens' widespread outrage over the NSA leaks, President Dilma Rousseff has given "constitutional urgency" to an amendment aimed at protecting her country's Internet users. Some fear, however, that the new legislation could lead to a "substandard version of the Net." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 6, 2013
After Brazilian agents were discovered to have photographed American, Russian and other diplomats, Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardoso claimed these acts were nothing like U.S. spying. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigSep 26, 2013
Years from now, we might look back on NSA spying as the thing that broke the Internet. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigSep 2, 2013
The National Security Agency spied on the communications of presidents of Mexico and Brazil, according to a report produced by a Brazilian news program and co-authored by Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who broke news of President Obama's spying program at the beginning of the summer. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Patrick Chappatte, Cagle Cartoons, The International Herald TribuneJun 21, 2013Dig deeper
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