Brazil scandal draws in Lula’s chosen successor
Comments OffThe expected ruling party candidate in Brazil’s 2010 presidential election has been drawn into a scandal by an accusation that she tried to stop a probe into the finances of the Senate chief’s family.
The alleged involvement of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s chief of staff, Dilma Rousseff, underlines the growing risks posed by the [...]
No French access to Brazil plane crash autopsies
France’s chief air disaster investigator said on Wednesday he was unhappy that a French pathologist had not been allowed to take part in autopsies in Brazil of bodies recovered after an Air France plane crash.
Brazilian and French ships are still searching for wreckage and bodies from the plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on [...]
China, Brazil Sign Oil Deal
Comments OffChina has agreed to lend $10 billion to Brazil’s Petrobras, in return for guaranteed oil supply over the next decade. The deal was among a host of agreements signed during Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s state visit to China, which ends Wednesday.
Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva toasts with China’s President [...]
History Of Brazil VI
Comments OffRestoration of Civil Rule
In 1985 Tancredo Neves was selected as Brazil’s first civilian president in 21 years; he died before taking office, and José Sarney became president. Faced with resurgent inflation and a huge foreign debt, Sarney imposed an austerity program that included introducing a new unit of currency. A new constitution providing for [...]
History Of Brazil V
Comments OffVargas’s Second Presidency
Getúlio Vargas returned to power as president in January 1951, after defeating two rival candidates by a large plurality in elections held the previous October. Vargas formed a coalition cabinet representative of all major parties. The government took immediate steps to balance the national budget and develop a program to reduce living [...]
