Brazil's acting President Michel Temer arrives to speak, at Planalto presidential palace in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, May 12, 2016.

Fresh Political Crisis In Brazil After New Evidence Of Presidential Corruption Revealed

The allegations are the latest development in Operation Carwash, a sprawling corruption probe that has implicated many of Brazil’s business and political elite.

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Brazil’s Un-Elected President Embroiled In Largest Corruption Probe In Brazilian History

Several top allies of the unelected president, including nearly one third of his cabinet, are in the spotlight for fraud.

Brazil’s Un-Elected President Embroiled In Largest Corruption Probe In Brazilian History

A Brazilian Supreme Court judge opened investigations Tuesday into almost 100 politicians who allegedly were part of the largest corruption scheme in the country, including a number of top allies of unelected President Michel Temer.

Eight ministers — which represents nearly one third of the president's cabinet — 29

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‘Coup Not Over’: Lula, Rousseff Lead 1000s In Brazil Rally

The former presidents attended the inauguration of a popular water diversion project.

‘Coup Not Over’: Lula, Rousseff Lead 1000s In Brazil Rally

Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and ousted President Dilma Rousseff attended the San Francisco River Transposition, organized Sunday by leaders of social movements, artists and intellectuals in the Brazilian city of Monteiro. "The coup is not over yet. It is underway with systematic lies like the one lived here in Monteiro, where

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Brazil’s Manufactured Coup: The ‘Shock Doctrine’ Returns To Latin America

The Global South is growing unintelligible from the European South amid harsh austerity measures and other maneuverings that suit the rich and powerful at the expense of the poor and working class.

Brazil’s Manufactured Coup: The ‘Shock Doctrine’ Returns To Latin America

BRASILIA, Brazil --- Harsh austerity. A 20-year public spending freeze. A non-elected government. A coup backed by the United States and corporate world. This is the new reality that Brazil has faced following the impeachment and ouster of the democratically-elected Dilma Rousseff in August of 2016 on charges of corruption and her replacement

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Michael Nevradakis is a Ph D candidate in media studies at the University of Texas at Austin and a US Fulbright Scholar presently based in Athens, Greece. Michael is also an independent journalist and is the host of Dialogos Radio, a weekly radio program featuring interviews and coverage of current events in Greece.

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Brazil’s Post-Coup Government Moves To Scrap Environment Regulations

If approved, the changes are expected to have devastating consequences for Brazil’s Indigenous people and efforts to mitigate climate change.

Brazil’s Post-Coup Government Moves To Scrap Environment Regulations

(REPORT) — The Brazilian government is attempting to scrap two important environmental regulations which environmental and Indigenous activists say will have a disastrous effect on efforts to fight climate change and put Indigenous communities in danger. The first proposal, backed by a number of figures in Michel Temer’s

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Brazilian President Michel Temer: Dilma Rousseff Impeached Because She Didn’t Support Neoliberalism

Rousseff rejected a proposal by Temer’s party which included ‘cuts to health and education spending, reduced welfare benefits, a raised retirement age, new private sector partnerships and decreased market regulations,’ according to a journalist at The Intercept Brasil.

Brazilian President Michel Temer: Dilma Rousseff Impeached Because She Didn’t Support Neoliberalism

AUSTIN, Texas --- During a recent appearance at a corporate think tank, Brazilian President Michel Temer admitted that his predecessor, Dilma Rousseff, was impeached because she refused to implement a neoliberal reform plan published by Temer’s party. Rousseff was formally removed

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A gonzo journalist from Austin, Texas and Staff Writer for MintPress News, Kit O'Connell's writing has also appeared at Truthout, the Texas Observer, and The Establishment.

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Shocking Brazil Leaks Prompt Panic In Fraud-Riddled Coup Govt

Three leaked conversations crashed onto Brazil’s political scene this week, raising concerns more damning evidence behind Rousseff’s ouster is yet to come.

Shocking Brazil Leaks Prompt Panic In Fraud-Riddled Coup Govt

Fear that more damning leaks solidifying claims that the plan to remove suspended President Dilma Rousseff was a coup is settling in around the unelected interim President Michel Temer, prompting

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