Dilma Rousseff

In trying to provide an alternative to the ANC, the new political grouping has fallen into old traps

Former president Lula is in the lead in the polls ahead of the first round of elections on 2 October. These elections will be transformative for Brazil and will ramifications…

Blighted by a series of political scandals, the country’s hard-won democracy is on the skids

Brazil’s most unpopular president in decades Michel Temer is charged with serious crimes but he is expected to avoid standing trial.

Da Silva could face arrest for receiving an apartment from one of the engineering and construction firms in the Petrobras scandal.

His tenure is based on taking unpopular decisions and clearing the way for wannabe presidents.

​Brazil’s Senate ousted President Dilma Rousseff on Wednesday, ending an impeachment process that polarsed Latin America’s biggest country.

Residents’ anger about the economic recession and political ineptitude can’t be kept away from the Rio 2016 Olympics.

Brazil’s leader has called the budget approval a ‘beautiful victory’ for planned austerity measures

The beleagured Workers’ Party believes people will tire quickly of the opposition leaders.

Brazilians want the president to resign for trying to help her predecessor avoid corruption charges.

Tens of thousands of Brazilians, angered by a massive corruption scandal, took to the streets to protest against President Dilma Rousseff.

Dilma Rousseff goes into her second term facing greater challenges than her first time around.

Dilma Rousseff’s re-election has left Brazil divided – half being grateful for gains against poverty, while the other criticised economic stagnation.

The left has run the country since 2003, but now is presented with a very real threat from the conservative elite.