Dilma Rousseff
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Brazil former presidents Lula and Rousseff charged in corruption case
EghtesadOnline: Brazil’s top prosecutor on Tuesday charged former Presidents Luis Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff along with fellow Workers Party members with forming a criminal organization,…
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Brazil's Workers Party faces thrashing in local elections
EghtesadOnline: Brazilians vote on Sunday in the first elections since the impeachment of former president Dilma Rousseff - and her leftist Workers Party (PT) is expected to suffer a major setback.
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Rousseff Vows to Fight On After Impeachment
EghtesadOnline: Ousted ex-president Dilma Rousseff has promised to provide a strong opposition to the new center-right government. Her lawyers have already launched an appeal against her removal…
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Brazil's Rousseff ousted by Senate, Temer sworn in
EghtesadOnline: Brazil's Senate ousted President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday, ending an impeachment process that polarized Latin America's biggest country amid a massive corruption scandal and…
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Brazil impeachment opens diplomatic rift in Latin America
EghtesadOnline: The dismissal of Brazil's president upset relations with leftist Latin American governments on Wednesday as Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia recalled their ambassadors to protest…
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Defiant Rousseff says Brazil's democracy on trial with her
EghtesadOnline: A defiant President Dilma Rousseff warned on Monday that her conservative opponents were trampling on Brazil's democracy by using trumped-up charges to oust her and roll back…
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Brazil's Dilma Rousseff takes stand in impeachment trial
EghtesadOnline: Suspended President Dilma Rousseff will make a last stand in Brazil's Senate on Monday in an impeachment trial that is widely expected to remove her from office and end more than…
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Brazil Senate to open Rousseff's impeachment trial
EghtesadOnline: Brazil's Senate will open the impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday and hear witnesses for and against the leftist leader who is expected to be removed…
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Brazil's Senate indicts Rousseff, opens impeachment trial
EghtesadOnline: Brazil's Senate voted early on Wednesday to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws and put her on trial in an impeachment process that has stalled…
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Brazil Senate Committee Clears Way for Rousseff’s Removal
EghtesadOnline: A Senate impeachment committee voted on Thursday to put suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on trial in the full chamber for breaking budget laws, opening the way for…
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Brazilians Want Temer Until 2018
EghtesadOnline: Half of Brazilians would like to see interim President Michel Temer stay in the job until the next election in 2018, compared with 32% who desire the return of suspended President…