Pension fraud scandal threatens stability of Lula government in Brazil
Jun 3, 2025 · The scandal already has triggered political fallout. Social Security Minister Carlos Lupi resigned, and several other officials, including INSS President Alessandro Antonio …
Brazil's Lava Jato investigation: the biggest corruption scandal of …
Mar 12, 2025 · The largest and most infamous corruption scandal of the last decade began with a criminal investigation into the operations of Brazil’s largest corporation: Petrobras.
More than 40 Democratic lawmakers urge Trump in a letter to …
Dec 19, 2025 · More than 40 Democratic members of Congress sent a letter on Thursday to U.S. President Donald Trump condemning his “multiple and unprecedented attempts to undermine …
Political headache from social security scandal may yet to come
May 5, 2025 · If the unfolding scandal at Brazil’s National Social Security Institute (INSS) leads to the creation of a congressional inquiry—either a CPI or a joint congressional committee …
Brazil - April 2025 | The Global State of Democracy
On 24 April, Supreme Court Justice Alexander de Moraes ordered the immediate imprisonment of former president Fernando Collor de Mello, who will be serving eight years of jail time following …
Former president of Brazil convicted for coup plot - USA TODAY
BRASILIA, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was convicted by a Supreme Court majority on Thursday of plotting a coup to remain in power after losing the 2022...
Power is ebbing away from Lula’s government in Brazil
May 27, 2025 · In the 2010s, during the presidency of his successor, Dilma Rousseff, a sprawling corruption scandal centred on oil giant Petrobras sent scores of politicians from across the …
Brazil coup charges could end Bolsonaro’s political career − but …
Feb 21, 2025 · The South American country’s attorney general filed five criminal charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro and 33 others in its Supreme Court on Feb. 18, 2025, …
Legal woes of Brazilian presidents past and present
Mar 26, 2025 · Four of the seven presidents who have led Brazil since the return of democracy after the country's 1964-1985 military dictatorship have been either convicted, jailed or …
Top Risks 2025: Implications for Brazil - Eurasia Group
Jan 6, 2025 · Among the top geopolitical risks in 2025, the most impactful for Brazil are those causing an unfavorable global backdrop for emerging market economies. (For the full list of …