Tag: campaigns

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The PT candidate for the Presidency of the Republic, Fernando Haddad, will spend part of today (October 19th) in Rio de Janeiro where his opponent Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) lives. The...

Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Curmudgeon pays attention to news concerning the Judicial Branch of both Brazil and the USA. He is happy to report that Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) has been doing a better...

By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL - Police in Brazil have released the country’s top Google executive following his detention for not taking down Youtube clips that violated Brazilian law, Globo reported. Fabio Jose Silva Coelho, Google’s head...

By Julia Averbuck, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Just sixty days into the campaign, the 2012 municipal elections have already had more politically associated deaths and acts of violence than the 2010 elections. Over the past...