The lower house of Brazil's parliament on Sunday evening gave the go-ahead for the impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff.
Brazil's Supreme Court (STF) began an extraordinary session Thursdasy to rule on whether the impeachment vote against President Dilma Rousseff, scheduled for Sunday in the Chamber of Deputies, should be scrapped due to process irregularities.
A Brazilian congressional committee voted on Monday to recommend impeachment against President Dilma Rousseff, but pro-government lawmakers believe a two-thirds majority can hardly be secured in the full lower house for the process to move ahead.
Brazil's prosecutor general on Thursday advised the Supreme Court not to approve the appointment of former President Luiz Inancio Lula da Silva as President Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff, saying it was an attempt to avoid prosecution.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has opened an account on social network Weibo, the Chinese alternative to Twitter, to promote Rio de Janeiro's upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games among almost 600 million users in the Asian country, announced official sources on Thursday.
Brazil will overcome its current political and economic crises step by step and the government is not planning to announce a large package of measures to tackle them, a Brazilian official said on Wednesday.
Brazil's success in the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be shown not only in the stadiums but also above all in the country's organizational efficiency, said President Dilma Rousseff, during the launch of the Olympic Year of Tourism in Brasilia on Wednesday.
Brazil is ready to welcome more refugees "with open arms," President Dilma Rousseff said Monday.ith open arms," President Dilma Rousseff said Monday.
Less than a year into her second term, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday called on the political opposition to "respect" her election as head of state.
Disgruntled Brazilians took to the streets Sunday to express their discontent with a poor economy and corrupt officials, but not in a massive number the government had feared.
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff reaffirmed that she will not step down from the government, before a scheduled nationwide protest against her government on Sunday.
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff went into crisis management mode over the weekend as a poor economy and corruption scandal weaken her government's grip on power, local media said Monday.
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff's approval rating plunged to 8 percent in August, a record low, according to a poll released Thursday by the Datafolha Institute.
New leaked information has confirmed that Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff and even her cabinet members had been spied on by the U.S. government, which drew extensive attention of the Brazilian media over the weekend.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's approval rating has sunk to 9 percent, the lowest since she took office in 2011, according to a poll released Wednesday.
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff said Monday there was "no reason" to suspect kickbacks were used to secure the country's right to stage the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff said Wednesday her country was ready to collaborate with Swiss and US authorities over their probe into football corruption.
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