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Brazil's Poorest Region Suffers Worst Drought In A Century
A cow's skull lies baking in the sun and nearby another dead cow rots, symbols of the desolation gripping northeastern Brazil during its worst drought in a century.
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Eike Batista, Once Richest Brazilian, Jailed On Graft Charges
Eike Batista, once Brazil's richest man and most flamboyant national booster, was detained by federal police on Monday on allegations of bribing a former governor, putting an end to his brief stint as an international fugitive.
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Rousseff Ousted As President Of A Sharply Divided Brazil
President Dilma Rousseff was stripped of her office Wednesday in the culmination of a political crisis that has left Latin America's largest nation adrift, with an economy in deep recession and a public sharply divided over the country's future.
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Brazil Lawmakers Blame Crisis On Dilma Rousseff At Impeachment Trial
President Dilma Rousseff's opponents made a final call at her impeachment trial on Tuesday for her removal, not just for breaking budget rules, but for plunging Brazil into a political and economic crisis amid a sweeping corruption scandal.
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IOC Chief Thomas Bach Confident Rio Will Solve Problems Before Olympics
The build-up to the Rio Olympics has been hampered by Brazil's worst recession since the 1930s, as well as an outbreak of the Zika virus, and a political crisis that has seen suspended President Dilma Rousseff placed on trial in the Senate
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What The Impeachment Of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Is About
Brazil's Senate is set to start voting today on whether to open an impeachment trial against President Dilma Rousseff. If a simple majority is reached, she will be suspended automatically for six months and Brazil's political crisis will enter dramatic new territory.
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Brazil Impeachment: How We Got Here -- Where We're Going
President Dilma Rousseff is expected to be suspended from office next week for the start of an impeachment trial that will bring Brazil's political crisis to a climax.
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Brazil's Dilma Rousseff Going To UN Over Impeachment, Cabinet In Crisis
Beleaguered Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will travel to New York in a bid to rally international support against her impeachment, leaving behind a Cabinet paralysed by political crisis as another minister defected on Wednesday.
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Rio Olympics Will Be Spectacular Despite Crisis, Says IOC President Thomas Bach
The lead-up to the Rio Olympics has been plagued political and economic crisis. However, IOC president Thomas Bach has said that the games will be spectacular.
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Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff Edges Closer To Political Abyss
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff edged closer on Monday to being ousted as an impeachment case moved quickly through Congress, deepening a political crisis in the recession-struck country.
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Brazil's Impeachment: What Happened And What's Next?
With Sunday's vote in the lower house of Congress to authorize the Senate to open an impeachment trial against President Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's political crisis enters ever deeper crisis.
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Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff Faces Coalition Collapse
Brazil's largest political party looks set to quit the government of leftist President Dilma Rousseff today, in a move that would trigger the collapse of the coalition and push her closer to impeachment.
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Brazil's Dilma Rousseff Faces Threat Of Coalition Implosion
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff could see her coalition disintegrate this week amid a political crisis that threatens to topple her government, as a congressional committee ponders impeachment proceedings against her.
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Barack Obama Says He Hopes Brazil Will 'Resolve Its Crisis'
US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he hopes Brazil will resolve a paralyzing political crisis that has his counterpart Dilma Rousseff fighting for her political survival.
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Brazil's Dilma Rousseff Says Not Resigning In Political Crisis
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff rejected calls for her resignation on Friday midst a political storm deepened by a massive corruption scandal and blamed her opponents for causing a crisis that has damaged the Brazilian economy.
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Brazil's Poorest Region Suffers Worst Drought In A Century
A cow's skull lies baking in the sun and nearby another dead cow rots, symbols of the desolation gripping northeastern Brazil during its worst drought in a century.
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Eike Batista, Once Richest Brazilian, Jailed On Graft Charges
Eike Batista, once Brazil's richest man and most flamboyant national booster, was detained by federal police on Monday on allegations of bribing a former governor, putting an end to his brief stint as an international fugitive.
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Rousseff Ousted As President Of A Sharply Divided Brazil
President Dilma Rousseff was stripped of her office Wednesday in the culmination of a political crisis that has left Latin America's largest nation adrift, with an economy in deep recession and a public sharply divided over the country's future.
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Brazil Lawmakers Blame Crisis On Dilma Rousseff At Impeachment Trial
President Dilma Rousseff's opponents made a final call at her impeachment trial on Tuesday for her removal, not just for breaking budget rules, but for plunging Brazil into a political and economic crisis amid a sweeping corruption scandal.
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IOC Chief Thomas Bach Confident Rio Will Solve Problems Before Olympics
The build-up to the Rio Olympics has been hampered by Brazil's worst recession since the 1930s, as well as an outbreak of the Zika virus, and a political crisis that has seen suspended President Dilma Rousseff placed on trial in the Senate
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What The Impeachment Of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff Is About
Brazil's Senate is set to start voting today on whether to open an impeachment trial against President Dilma Rousseff. If a simple majority is reached, she will be suspended automatically for six months and Brazil's political crisis will enter dramatic new territory.
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Brazil Impeachment: How We Got Here -- Where We're Going
President Dilma Rousseff is expected to be suspended from office next week for the start of an impeachment trial that will bring Brazil's political crisis to a climax.
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Brazil's Dilma Rousseff Going To UN Over Impeachment, Cabinet In Crisis
Beleaguered Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will travel to New York in a bid to rally international support against her impeachment, leaving behind a Cabinet paralysed by political crisis as another minister defected on Wednesday.
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Rio Olympics Will Be Spectacular Despite Crisis, Says IOC President Thomas Bach
The lead-up to the Rio Olympics has been plagued political and economic crisis. However, IOC president Thomas Bach has said that the games will be spectacular.
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Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff Edges Closer To Political Abyss
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff edged closer on Monday to being ousted as an impeachment case moved quickly through Congress, deepening a political crisis in the recession-struck country.
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Brazil's Impeachment: What Happened And What's Next?
With Sunday's vote in the lower house of Congress to authorize the Senate to open an impeachment trial against President Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's political crisis enters ever deeper crisis.
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Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff Faces Coalition Collapse
Brazil's largest political party looks set to quit the government of leftist President Dilma Rousseff today, in a move that would trigger the collapse of the coalition and push her closer to impeachment.
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Brazil's Dilma Rousseff Faces Threat Of Coalition Implosion
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff could see her coalition disintegrate this week amid a political crisis that threatens to topple her government, as a congressional committee ponders impeachment proceedings against her.
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Barack Obama Says He Hopes Brazil Will 'Resolve Its Crisis'
US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he hopes Brazil will resolve a paralyzing political crisis that has his counterpart Dilma Rousseff fighting for her political survival.
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Brazil's Dilma Rousseff Says Not Resigning In Political Crisis
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff rejected calls for her resignation on Friday midst a political storm deepened by a massive corruption scandal and blamed her opponents for causing a crisis that has damaged the Brazilian economy.
