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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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Lawyers for Temer ask top court to annul police graft accusations
Temer’s defense team argued that the federal police should not be able to charge Temer without the authorization of the Supreme Court or the public prosecutor’s office.
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Brazil's former leader Rousseff fails in bid for Senate seat
Dilma Rousseff took only 15% of the vote and was running a distant fourth in the Senate race for Minas Gerais state with nearly all the votes counted, officials 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 judge blocks order to release of Lula from prison
The former president is serving time for taking bribes from an engineering firm in return for help landing contracts with a state firm.
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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's Workers Party formalises support for ex-president Lula
A Datafolha poll released on 2 December showed Lula getting at least 34% of votes if a presidential election were held today, double the support for his nearest rival.
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Brazil's Congress rejects corruption case against President Temer
The corruption case, involving the payment of bribes by meatpacker JBS SA, had paralysed Temer’s reform agenda for six months and weakened his government.
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Brazil former presidents Lula, Rousseff charged in corruption case
These are the first criminal charges to be levelled against Dilma Rousseff, who was impeached in 2016 for breaking budgetary laws.
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Driver rams his car into Brazil’s presidential residence
Access to the area was closed after the incident. Temer lives in Jaburu, another official residence, less than a mile away from Alvorada.
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Brazil’s President Michel Temer charged with taking bribes
Temer’s office and his attorney, Antonio Mariz, declined to comment on the charges. Temer has repeatedly said he is innocent of any wrongdoing.
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Brazil top court ruling potentially undercuts Temer investigation
That move would have killed the entire plea bargain process, which has been a key tool in uncovering massive graft schemes in recent years, prosecutors told Reuters.
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Brazil's president defiant in face of calls for him resign
Party officials said on Monday the PSDB would wait until the Supreme Court rules on whether to continue an investigation of Temer.
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Head of Brazil electoral court sees Temer surviving election case
Centrist Temer took over the presidency following the impeachment of the left-leaning Rousseff in May for breaking budgetary rules.
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Temer heckled and booed in first events as Brazil president
Protesters at the events and in other state capitals across Brazil were shouting 'Temer Out' & 'Usurper'.
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Brazilian police break up anti-Temer rally in Sao Paulo
Groups protested against the removal of leftist president Dilma Rousseff.
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Ousted President Rousseff appeals to Supreme Court
The Senate voted 61-20 on Wednesday to dismiss the leftist leader.
