Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro Accused of Widespread Electoral Fraud
Oct 19, 2018 A new report reveals the far-right presidential candidate has benefited from a multimillion-dollar misinformation campaign on WhatsApp.Brazil’s da Silva Names Successor—Will Voters Follow?
Sep 12, 2018 Imprisoned on corruption charges, the Workers' Party leader has called on supporters to back former Education Minister Fernando Haddad.
Brazilian Senate Impeaches Dilma Rousseff
Aug 31, 2016 The Brazilian president was ousted “by the country’s corruption-tainted senate” after a trial that ends the 13-year rule of the Workers’ Party, The Guardian reports.
Bernie Sanders Calls on U.S. to Stand Against Brazilian Attempt to Oust President Dilma Rousseff
Aug 9, 2016 "After suspending Brazil’s first female president on dubious grounds, without a mandate to govern, the new interim government abolished the ministry of women, racial equality and human rights. They immediately replaced a diverse and representative administration with a cabinet made up entirely of white men," says a statement by the Vermont senator.
Overthrowing Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff: It’s Class War
Mar 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.
‘This Is a Coup’: Brazil’s Workers Party Faces Its Greatest Test
Mar 24, 2016 Left-leaning parties like the PT face a conundrum in Latin America: that liberalism and its tolerance for political activity offer openings to right-wing parties that have no qualms about exploiting democratic expression in order to quash democracy.
Brazil’s Ascendant, Hard-Line Right Wants to Imprison 16-Year-Olds
Apr 18, 2015 The left wing of Brazil’s Legislature has become weak and demoralized, and the “Bullets, Beef and Bible Caucus” is ready to seize power.
Brazilian Runoff to Decide President
Nov 1, 2010 Brazilians are again going to the polls to elect a successor to the popular President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Workers' Party candidate Dilma Rousseff (above) is expected to win Sunday's runoff between herself and Social Democrat Jose Serra.
