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Dilma Roussef

Dilma Roussef is the former president of Brazil. She served from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office in 2016 for budgetary impropriety.

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Sand sculptures alluding to the Olympic Games at Copacabana beach in Rio

Rio 2016 keeps the bar low

Rio 2016 keeps the bar low

The Rio Olympics have been overshadowed by a political crisis, a corruption scandal and an economic recession.
April 26, 2016
Brasilien Volkswagen Produktion VW Käfer 1976

Brazilian lawsuit against VW

Brazilian lawsuit against VW

Brazilian ex-workers launch lawsuit over dictatorship-era torture against VW.
September 23, 2015
Dilma Rousseff Übergabe Bericht der Wahrheitskommissionen 10.12.2014

Commission seeks end to amnesty for human rights abusers

Commission seeks end to amnesty for human rights abusers

Brazil commission seeks end to amnesty for human rights abusers
December 10, 2014
Dani Allves FC Barcelona 20.04.2013 Barcelona

Banana jibe: Support for Alves

Banana jibe: Support for Alves

Figures from the football world and beyond have weighed in to support Barcelona player Dani Alves after his stoic riposte to a racist banana taunt. There was a blizzard of backing from all quarters on social media.
April 28, 2014
Brazil's Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio de Aguiar Patriota (L)) observes a minute of silence about a nightclub fire which killed at least 245 people in southern Brazil on Sunday, as they attend the closing ceremony of the summit of the Community of Latin American, Caribbean States and European Union (CELAC-UE) in Santiago January 27, 2013. REUTERS/Victor R Caivano/Pool

Brazil's foreign minister resigns

Brazil's foreign minister resigns

Brazil's foreign minister has resigned amid a controversy surrounding a Bolivian opposition senator. The politician is wanted for corruption but was granted asylum and escorted out of the country by a Brazilian diplomat.
August 27, 2013
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, left, and Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff.

Rio summit opens

Rio summit opens

The Rio+20 summit focusing on the world's most urgent environmental problems, has begun in Brazil. Bold talk by world leaders has heightened expectations for results.
June 20, 2012