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Former Argentine leader Kirchner charged in corruption case
Former Argentine president Cristina Kirchner was charged in a corruption case Dec. 27 and slapped with a $630-million asset freeze over public tenders awarded to a businessman friend during her administration.
Brazilian graft judges threaten to resign over intimidation
Brazilian prosecutors running a giant corruption probe threatened to quit Nov. 30 over what they said was intimidation by members of the graft-plagued Congress, many of whom face investigation.
The Macri effect
Financial markets are usually a step ahead of political developments. It's their job to anticipate political events. However, Greece has so far left investors cold. The past few months saw Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras allow a big opportunity to slip through his fingers.
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Brazil after Dilma
Former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff left the presidential palace in Brasilia last week and boarded a plane for her adopted home city of Porto Alegre. She leaves behind a successor who risks indictment for far worse offences than the ones that brought her down, and a country that has lost its right to a place among the BRICS.
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Brazil prosecutor seeks obstruction of justice probe against Rousseff: Reports
Brazil's top prosecutor on May 3 asked the Supreme Court to open a probe into alleged obstruction of justice by President Dilma Rousseff, major Brazilian newspapers reported, in a potentially explosive twist to the country's political crisis.
Brazil's Lula sworn in over protests as Rousseff faces impeachment
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as chief of staff to his successor Dilma Rousseff on March 17 as a judge sought to block his appointment and Congress began proceedings to impeach her in a deepening political crisis.
Protests erupt in Brazil after release of Rousseff-Lula recording
Protests have erupted in Brazil after a recorded phone call between President Dilma Rousseff and her once-popular predecessor was released, suggesting that she appointed him to her cabinet to spare him from arrest for corruption.
Brazil's ex-president charged in money laundering probe
State prosecutors have filed charges against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a money laundering investigation, putting further scrutiny on one of Brazil's towering political figures who is being hounded by corruption allegations.
Brazil’s former president Lula detained
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been detained for questioning on Friday in an anti-corruption and money laundering operation concerning state oil company Petrobras.
The former president’s house was raided by police agents and he was brought in for questioning.
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Brazil police detain ex-president Lula in corruption probe: Spokesman
Police searched the home of Brazil's powerful ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and detained him for questioning on March 4 in a probe into a huge corruption scheme.
Agents searched his house in Sao Paulo, the offices of the Lula Institute, and houses of family members, Jose Chrispiniano, a spokesman for Lula and his institute, told AFP.