Dilma Rousseff

SAO PAULO/BRASILIA—Brazil's former President Michel Temer was arrested on March 21 in "Operation Radioactivity," a probe of alleged graft in the construction of a nuclear power plant, threatening to delay ...

RIO DE JANEIRO—When Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was kicked out of power, she became the biggest casualty of ...

The Brazilian Senate voted decisively to continue impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, who will now be replaced ...

To say that Michel Temer faces huge challenges would be an understatement.

Dilma Rousseff, Brazil's first female president, is about to go on trial. She is temporarily suspended from office ...

BRASILIA, Brazil— Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff vowed Thursday to use "all legal means" to fight permanent ouster ...

The vice president was accused of instituting a lobbyist to bribe others between 1997 to 2001 in ethanol ...

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is facing possible impeachment by Congress, with the Senate expected to vote Wednesday on ...

The acting speaker of Brazil’s lower house of Congress, Waldir Maranhão (PP-MA) issued a statement on Monday, May ...

After a brief intermission, Brazil’s gripping political drama is entering a new act.

Brazil has gone from an impressive economic boom to the worst crisis in its modern history in less ...

Brazilian legislators pushing to oust President Dilma Rousseff appeared to have the upper hand Sunday night, with a ...

The Financial Times reports that on Sunday, April 17, "the lower house of Brazil's congress is set to ...

Friends and foes of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff called each other "putchists" and "thieves" ahead of Sunday's vote ...

Brazil's largest party is abandoning President President Dilma Rousseff's government, giving her a lesser chance of surviving an ...

A day after huge protest rallies urged the ouster of President Dilma Rousseff, her chief of staff on ...

Tensions are high on the eve of political protests planned around Brazil on Sunday by supporters of the ...

For all that Brazilians are disgusted by their corrupt and inept leaders, the country’s institutions are robust.

Brazil's presidential palace announced Monday that Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo is leaving his post, a change that ...

Brazil, world-famous for its carnival celebrations in Rio and elsewhere, is canceling the festivities this year.

Thousands of Brazilians marched Sunday to demand that Congress impeach President Dilma Rousseff, whose government is plagued by ...

Lawmakers scuffled on the floor of Brazil's lower house Tuesday during an attempt to block a vote on ...

Impeachment proceedings were opened Wednesday against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff by the speaker of the lower house of ...

BRASILIA, Brazil—President Dilma Rousseff on Monday sharply defended the chief executive officer of the Brazil's state-run oil company ...

President Dilma Rousseff is counting on Brazilians' support for her past actions to overcome concerns about a sluggish ...

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vetoed nine items on the provisional measure passed by the Congress to alter the ...

Just weeks ahead of hosting a world forum on sustainable development, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff partially vetoed a ...