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WhatsApp dirty tricks alleged in Brazil presidential race
Ordinary Brazilians told AFP that some in their families or entourage swallowed some misinformation from WhatsApp but denied they themselves were being...
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Brazil's jailed former leader Lula ends presidential bid
Lula had stepped aside to allow running mate Fernando Haddad to stand for the presidency, Hoffman said.
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Lula's party strikes pact to keep Socialists neutral in Brazil vote
Lula, who is still Brazil’s most influential politician, is expected to name a stand-in at the last minute in mid-September.
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Brazil's Lula spends first night in jail amid fight for freedom
The imprisonment of Lula, Brazil’s first working-class president, throws the October presidential election wide open as he leads the race in opinion polls.
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Brazil judge orders ex-president Lula jailed by Friday
Lula was convicted last year for taking bribes from an engineering firm in return for help landing contracts with state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA.
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Brazil's top court rules that ex-president Lula can be jailed
The pivotal vote was cast by Justice Rosa Weber against Lula’s request to avoid jail and begin serving his 12-year sentence for accepting bribes.
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Netflix series on corruption scandal angers Brazil's former president
The director, she said, “doesn’t merely reproduce fake news. He has turned himself into a creator of fake news.”
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Shots fired at campaign buses of Brazil ex-president Lula
The Secretariat of Public Security of Parana said in a statement that it was investigating the incident and that Lula was not on the bus at the time of the attack.
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Brazil court to rule in 2014 case that could unseat President Temer
If Temer is removed from office, lower House Speaker Rodrigo Maia would take over and Congress would have 30 days to pick a caretaker.
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Brazil’s Temer urges court to end uncertainty overshadowing growth
Brazil’s economy eked out growth in the first quarter following its most painful recession in more than a century.
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Defiant Rousseff says Brazil's democracy on trial with her
Rousseff is expected to become the first Brazilian leader in more than 20 years to be dismissed from office.
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Brazil's Senate begins Rousseff's impeachment trial
The leftist leader will appear before the 81 senators on Monday to defend herself.
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Rousseff gives impassioned defence against impeachment
Rousseff’s removal would mark an end to 13 years of leftist rule over Latin America’s largest economy.
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Brazil's Rousseff has presidential perks cut
The leftist leader says the move is meant to limit her ability to move around the country.
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Brazil's new government loses key minister to scandal
Interim President Michel Temer was counting on Romero Juca, a close confidant and experienced senator.
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Brazil's interim govt touts support for tough measures
Presidential chief of staff Eliseu Padilha says the incoming govt understands it’s only provisional for now.
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Brazil's Temer calls for unity, confidence for Brazil recovery
Temer has told Brazilians to have confidence they'll overcome the crisis sparked by a deep economic recession.
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Brazil's Rousseff vows to fight on after Senate vote to suspend her
She says Brazil’s future & democracy is now at stake because her opposition conspired against her.
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Rousseff supporters clash with police as her removal looms
If she loses the Senate vote, Rousseff will be replaced by vice president Michel Temer as acting president.
