/tags/dilma-rousseff Dilma Rousseff en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:00:00 GMT /news/2022-02-01/dilmas-downfall-takes-a-hard-look-at-a-hard-right-turn-and-impeachment-in-brazil A book by AP reporters Peter Prengaman and Mauricio Savarese considers the real reasons Brazil's Congress impeached the nation's first female president in 2016. Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:00:00 GMT /news/2022-02-01/dilmas-downfall-takes-a-hard-look-at-a-hard-right-turn-and-impeachment-in-brazil Tim Padgett /news/2020-01-15/does-oscars-nod-to-the-edge-of-democracy-step-over-the-edge-of-liberal-hypocrisy COMMENTARYI’m thankful to Ricky Gervais. As host of the Golden Globes this month he mocked Hollywood’s brazen hypocrisy – calling “The Morning Show,” for… Wed, 15 Jan 2020 22:04:07 GMT /news/2020-01-15/does-oscars-nod-to-the-edge-of-democracy-step-over-the-edge-of-liberal-hypocrisy Tim Padgett /news/2019-08-28/how-bad-an-amazon-steward-is-brazil-worse-than-even-miami-politicians-would-be COMMENTARYHere’s a dirty little secret about Amazon deforestation that liberals prefer you overlook: the slash-and-burn may be ugly under right-wing… Thu, 29 Aug 2019 01:24:54 GMT /news/2019-08-28/how-bad-an-amazon-steward-is-brazil-worse-than-even-miami-politicians-would-be Tim Padgett /news/2016-09-07/bye-bye-brazil-why-the-country-of-the-future-is-still-just-the-country-of-the-future COMMENTARYIf you needed another reminder that the new Brazil is really just the old Brazil, here’s some handy news:Yet another epic public fraud scheme… Wed, 07 Sep 2016 22:33:00 GMT /news/2016-09-07/bye-bye-brazil-why-the-country-of-the-future-is-still-just-the-country-of-the-future Tim Padgett /2016-08-29/dilma-rousseff-defends-herself-before-brazils-senate Impeachment proceedings against Brazil's suspended president are nearing an end. The final vote is widely expected to result in Rousseff's ouster. But first, she's delivering a dramatic address. Mon, 29 Aug 2016 13:01:00 GMT /2016-08-29/dilma-rousseff-defends-herself-before-brazils-senate Camila Domonoske /2016-08-10/brazils-senate-votes-to-hold-impeachment-trial-for-dilma-rousseff Rousseff, who was formally suspended as president in May, will now face a trial in the Senate over alleged fiscal mismanagement. She has repeatedly denied the accusations. Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:03:00 GMT /2016-08-10/brazils-senate-votes-to-hold-impeachment-trial-for-dilma-rousseff Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Merrit Kennedy /politics/2016-07-06/weve-seen-the-trump-chavez-comparisons-how-about-clinton-and-rousseff Hillary Clinton shares many of the political flaws, and is battling the same sexist attacks, that have Dilma Rousseff sitting in the dock of an impeachment trial. Wed, 06 Jul 2016 23:05:37 GMT /politics/2016-07-06/weve-seen-the-trump-chavez-comparisons-how-about-clinton-and-rousseff Tim Padgett /news/2016-04-27/without-the-u-s-to-scapegoat-latin-america-discovers-its-inner-godzillas COMMENTARYVenezuela’s economic disintegration has wrought severe shortages. Food, medicine, electricity. And now – ¡cĂłnchale, chamo! – even Polar beer.But… Wed, 27 Apr 2016 23:20:53 GMT /news/2016-04-27/without-the-u-s-to-scapegoat-latin-america-discovers-its-inner-godzillas Tim Padgett /politics/2016-04-13/as-rousseff-faces-impeachment-in-brazil-the-u-s-follows-a-new-logic-in-latin-america COMMENTARYLuis Almagro, the secretary general of the Organization of American States, made a particularly sensible point when I talked to him during his… Wed, 13 Apr 2016 22:41:31 GMT /politics/2016-04-13/as-rousseff-faces-impeachment-in-brazil-the-u-s-follows-a-new-logic-in-latin-america Tim Padgett /news/2015-11-02/how-brazils-boom-went-bust-overnight-and-the-very-real-effects-for-south-florida In a 2008 interview, then Brazilian President LuizInácio Lula da Silva offered me his formula for success: “I allow the rich to earn money with their… Mon, 02 Nov 2015 21:56:28 GMT /news/2015-11-02/how-brazils-boom-went-bust-overnight-and-the-very-real-effects-for-south-florida Tim Padgett