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Nationwide Strike Threatens To Paralyse Brazil As President May Weaken Labour Laws
Brazilian unions called nationwide strikes today to protest President Michel Temer's efforts to reduce social security benefits and weaken labor laws, with disruption expected to road and rail transport, factories and schools.
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Brazil's President, Beset On All Sides, Struggling To Be Savior
When Michel Temer took over Brazil's presidency in May, many hoped he could overcome the political gridlock, corruption scandals and economic obstacles that have hobbled Latin America's biggest country.
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Brazil's President Michel Temer To Block Any Corruption Amnesty
Brazil's President Michel Temer, together with congressional leaders, vowed on Sunday to block any attempt by legislators to grant themselves a corruption amnesty as he sought to defuse a series of scandals.
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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's Dilma Rousseff Appears Before Senate For Impeachment Trial
Suspended President Dilma Rousseff appeared before Brazil's Senate today to defend herself from charges of breaking budget laws in an impeachment trial that is expected to remove her from office this week.
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Brazil Senate Meets To Indict Suspended President Dilma Rousseff
Brazil's Senate met on Tuesday to vote on whether to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws, in the long-awaited start of the trial phase of impeachment proceedings against her.
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Rio State Declares 'State Of Calamity' Weeks Before Olympics
Just weeks before it stages the 2016 Olympics, the state government of Rio de Janeiro has declared a "state of public calamity in financial administration" and warned that the situation is so dire it impedes its ability to meet Games commitments.
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Brazil's Dilma Rousseff Vows To Fight Impeachment, Calls Senate Vote A 'Coup'
Speaking hours after the Senate voted to impeach her on Thursday, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff blasted the process as "fraudulent" and promised to fight what she characterized as an injustice more painful than the torture she endured under a past military dictatorship.
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Brazil President Will Appeal To Trade Blocs Over Impeachment
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Friday she will appeal to South American trade blocs if she is removed from office, blasting the push to impeach her as a coup and a naked attempt by Brazil's elite to snatch power back from her Worker's Party.
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Brazil's People Will 'Prevent Setbacks' To Democracy: Dilma Rousseff At United Nations
President Dilma Rousseff voiced confidence Friday that Brazil's people will "be able to prevent any setbacks" to democracy as she battles a bid to impeach her.
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'Dilma Knew Everything' In Brazil Graft Scheme: Senator
A Brazilian senator charged in an explosive corruption scandal said Saturday that President Dilma Rousseff knew everything about the embezzlement scheme at state oil company Petrobras and directly benefited from it.
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Brazil Battles Neglect, Cash Crunch In Fight Against Zika
In May, as the first cases of the Zika virus were being detected in Brazil, Rossandra Oliveira stopped receiving a critical tool she needed to do her job: insecticide.
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Will 'Strengthen My Government,' Says Brazil's Dilma Rousseff
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff fended off criticism Wednesday of her decision to appoint her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as her chief of staff.
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Corruption Revelations Overshadow Brazil President's Plan To Bolster Government
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's efforts to bolster her government amid a storm of corruption allegations by naming her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to her cabinet were overshadowed on Tuesday by a barrage of fresh accusations against a minister.
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Released From Questioning, Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Says 'Has Nothing To Fear'
Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, speaking after his release from police questioning on Friday, called the investigation against him a media spectacle and said he "had nothing to fear."
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Nationwide Strike Threatens To Paralyse Brazil As President May Weaken Labour Laws
Brazilian unions called nationwide strikes today to protest President Michel Temer's efforts to reduce social security benefits and weaken labor laws, with disruption expected to road and rail transport, factories and schools.
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Brazil's President, Beset On All Sides, Struggling To Be Savior
When Michel Temer took over Brazil's presidency in May, many hoped he could overcome the political gridlock, corruption scandals and economic obstacles that have hobbled Latin America's biggest country.
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Brazil's President Michel Temer To Block Any Corruption Amnesty
Brazil's President Michel Temer, together with congressional leaders, vowed on Sunday to block any attempt by legislators to grant themselves a corruption amnesty as he sought to defuse a series of scandals.
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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's Dilma Rousseff Appears Before Senate For Impeachment Trial
Suspended President Dilma Rousseff appeared before Brazil's Senate today to defend herself from charges of breaking budget laws in an impeachment trial that is expected to remove her from office this week.
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Brazil Senate Meets To Indict Suspended President Dilma Rousseff
Brazil's Senate met on Tuesday to vote on whether to indict President Dilma Rousseff on charges of breaking budget laws, in the long-awaited start of the trial phase of impeachment proceedings against her.
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Rio State Declares 'State Of Calamity' Weeks Before Olympics
Just weeks before it stages the 2016 Olympics, the state government of Rio de Janeiro has declared a "state of public calamity in financial administration" and warned that the situation is so dire it impedes its ability to meet Games commitments.
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Brazil's Dilma Rousseff Vows To Fight Impeachment, Calls Senate Vote A 'Coup'
Speaking hours after the Senate voted to impeach her on Thursday, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff blasted the process as "fraudulent" and promised to fight what she characterized as an injustice more painful than the torture she endured under a past military dictatorship.
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Brazil President Will Appeal To Trade Blocs Over Impeachment
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said Friday she will appeal to South American trade blocs if she is removed from office, blasting the push to impeach her as a coup and a naked attempt by Brazil's elite to snatch power back from her Worker's Party.
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Brazil's People Will 'Prevent Setbacks' To Democracy: Dilma Rousseff At United Nations
President Dilma Rousseff voiced confidence Friday that Brazil's people will "be able to prevent any setbacks" to democracy as she battles a bid to impeach her.
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'Dilma Knew Everything' In Brazil Graft Scheme: Senator
A Brazilian senator charged in an explosive corruption scandal said Saturday that President Dilma Rousseff knew everything about the embezzlement scheme at state oil company Petrobras and directly benefited from it.
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Brazil Battles Neglect, Cash Crunch In Fight Against Zika
In May, as the first cases of the Zika virus were being detected in Brazil, Rossandra Oliveira stopped receiving a critical tool she needed to do her job: insecticide.
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Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Will 'Strengthen My Government,' Says Brazil's Dilma Rousseff
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff fended off criticism Wednesday of her decision to appoint her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as her chief of staff.
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Corruption Revelations Overshadow Brazil President's Plan To Bolster Government
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's efforts to bolster her government amid a storm of corruption allegations by naming her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to her cabinet were overshadowed on Tuesday by a barrage of fresh accusations against a minister.
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Released From Questioning, Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Says 'Has Nothing To Fear'
Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, speaking after his release from police questioning on Friday, called the investigation against him a media spectacle and said he "had nothing to fear."
