Earning a nomination for Oscars 2020, the Brazilian documentary The Edge of Democracy, has once again opened the table for discussion about the polarization of Brazil's politics.
In a little over 3 minutes, "Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver brilliantly summarized the current political crisis in Brazil, which revolves around congressional corruption and calls to impeach the country's president.
Latin American nations recently dominated the list for having the worst cases of corruption worldwide. As a matter of fact, Transparency International named three cases in the region on their 2015 “Unmask the Corrupt” campaign.
Israel has cautioned Brazil that unless they accept former head of the Jewish settlement movement Dani Dayan as ambassador, they risk a downgrade relations.
As the U.S. looks towards next year’s presidential election, Latin America countries are experiencing big changes in leadership and challenges to old regimes.
Impeachment proceedings against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff have begun. Impeachment proceedings against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff have begun.
Brazilian police have asked the Supreme Court for permission to question ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva over his ties to the Petrobras corruption scandal.
In Brazil thousands of demonstrators have called for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff. In Brazil thousands of demonstrators have called for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.
Brazilian banks are currently forecasting another economic contraction for the South American country in 2016. When this takes place, it will mark the first time that Brazil’s economy shrank in two consecutive years since since the Great Depression.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has unveiled the eco-friendly and stylish new Olympic torch which will be used at the 2016 Olympics taking place in Rio de Janeiro.
Top Brazilian executives from several large construction and engineering firms who have been linked to the Petrobras kickback scheme left prison on Wednesday and will now remain under house arrest.
According to Brazilian Vice President Michel Temerto, the government is "paying attention" to recent demonstrations calling for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff.
A recent poll has revealed that 63 percent of Brazilians support opening impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, while 33 percent are opposed to them.
A recent March 15 demonstration, which boasted a crowd of over 200,000 participants, was lead by a 19-year-old college dropout named Kim Kataguiri, an online sensation who has been motivated by libertarianism and conservative free-market ideals.
Authorities in Brazil have announced that they have uncovered a tax fraud scheme at the Finance Ministry's tax appeals board that might have ended up costing taxpayers up $5.96 billion.
Although it remains the world's seventh largest economy, last year the nation of Brazil very narrowing avoided experiencing an economic contraction ( a decline in gross domestic product) as it had a growth rate of a mere 0.1 percent.
