Tag: Resigns

By Robbie Blakeley, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Ricardo Teixeira, former head of the CBF (Brazilian Football Confederation) and World Cup Local Organizing Committee (LOC), resigned as the head of both bodies Monday afternoon following months of...

By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Sunday, Brazil’s Labor Minister, Carlos Lupi, became the seventh minister to resign since President Rousseff took office in January. The ministry’s chief secretary, Paulo Roberto dos...

By Anna Fitzpatrick, Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - President Rousseff’s continued stance against corruption in the government claimed its fifth casualty yesterday - the Minister for Tourism Pedro Novais. Problems started for the Novais after it was revealed...