Brazil

Brazil is the largest country in South America in area and population. It was one of the world’s fastest-growing economic powerhouses from 2000 to 2010, but the boom appeared to sputter in 2011. The country’s meteoric rise occurred under the stewardship of Luiz Inacio da Silva, who served as president from 2002 to 2011.

Brazil’s current administration, headed by Dilma Rousseff, has faced discontent from a growing middle class over its preparations for the World Cup in 2014 and an array of lavish projects conceived when economic growth was surging that now stand abandoned, stalled or wildly over budget. Despite facing fierce criticism over her economic policies, Rousseff was narrowly re-elected to a second term as president on October 26, 2014.

Scroll below to learn more about Brazil using our article archive and chronology of breaking news.

CHRONOLOGY OF COVERAGE

DEC. 11, 2014

Drug-related violence is surging in Manaus and other cities in Brazil's Amazon as country emerges as world's second-largest consumer of cocaine and key smuggling domain; violence in Manaus, including targeted police killings and grisly gang turf wars, reflects city's change and expansion since 1970s. MORE
DEC. 11, 2014

Truth commission publishes long list of torture methods used during military rule in Brazil from 1964 to 1985; identifies 377 individuals as responsible for rights violations and calls for their criminal prosecutions in major challenge to 1979 amnesty law; report is expected to bolster challenges to military establishment that ranks among Latin America’s most recalcitrant in accepting responsibility for human rights abuses. MORE
DEC. 10, 2014

Eduardo Porter Economic Scene column observes that Brazil and other Latin American countries are prioritizing development over plans to cut carbon emissions in light of economic slowdown; notes that tension is also evident in Peru, which is currently hosting international negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions. MORE
DEC. 8, 2014

Brazil's prosecutor general Rodrigo Janot will indict minimum of 11 executives from country's largest construction companies on charges including bribery and money laundering in connection with oil industry graft scandal; charges open way for trial that will scrutinize illicit dealings between executives from Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobas, powerful contractors and officials in government of Pres Dilma Rousseff. MORE
DEC. 4, 2014

Brazilian Navy says it will establish naval mission in small African island nation of Sao Tome and Principe; mission reflects Brazil's hopes of increasing its influence in Africa. MORE

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Drug Trade Transforms an Amazon Outpost

By SIMON ROMERO

The city of Manaus is reeling from expanding drug violence, including the targeting of the police and grisly murders in gang turf wars.

December 11, 2014, Thursday

MORE ON BRAZIL AND: DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC , COCAINE AND CRACK COCAINE , BRAZIL , ORGANIZED CRIME , MURDERS, ATTEMPTED MURDERS AND HOMICIDES , MANAUS (BRAZIL)

Brazil Releases Report on Past Rights Abuses

By SIMON ROMERO

President Dilma Rousseff, once a victim of the military rulers, broke into tears during a speech about the publication of the rights violations.

December 11, 2014, Thursday

MORE ON BRAZIL AND: BRAZIL , TORTURE , ROUSSEFF, DILMA

Eike Batista's Electricity Company in Brazil Seeks Bankruptcy Protection

By DAN HORCH

The firm, Eneva, joins Mr. Batista’s petroleum exploration company OGX, his naval construction company OSX and his mining company MMX in seeking to renegotiate their obligations.

December 10, 2014, Wednesday

MORE ON BRAZIL AND: BATISTA, EIKE , BRAZIL , BTG PACTUAL , CITIGROUP INC ,E.ON AG , HSBC HOLDINGS PLC. , MMX MINERACAO E METALICOS SA , OGX PETROLEO E GAS PARTICIPACOES , BANKRUPTCIES , ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER , INSIDER TRADING

In Latin America, Growth Trumps Climate

By EDUARDO PORTER

In countries like Brazil, where the economy has been slowing, government policy is prioritizing growth over plans to cut carbon emissions.

December 10, 2014, Wednesday

MORE ON BRAZIL AND: BRAZIL , GREENPEACE , NATURE CONSERVANCY ,UNITED NATIONS , SUMMERS, LAWRENCE H , CHILE , PERU , AMAZON JUNGLE ,GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS , GLOBAL WARMING , THIRD WORLD AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES , LATIN AMERICA , ECONOMIC CONDITIONS AND TRENDS , AIR POLLUTION , FORESTS AND FORESTRY , ALTERNATIVE AND RENEWABLE ENERGY , INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY

Dec. 9, 2014 — Pictures of the Day

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Photos from the United States, Brazil, Belgium and Afghanistan.

December 9, 2014, Tuesday

MORE ON BRAZIL AND: AFGHANISTAN , BELGIUM , BRAZIL , UNITED STATES ,PHOTOGRAPHY

Oi of Brazil Agrees to Sell Assets in Portugal to Altice

By CHAD BRAY

The transaction, if completed, would allow Altice to add mobile phone service to its existing cable television operations in Portugal.

December 9, 2014, Tuesday

MORE ON BRAZIL AND: BRAZIL , PORTUGAL , ALTICE SA , OI SA , PORTUGAL TELECOM , CABLE TELEVISION , CELLULAR TELEPHONES , MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES , TELEPHONES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

Brazil Prepares Indictments in Oil Company Graft Case

By SIMON ROMERO

The case involves bribes at the state-controlled oil company, and could open President Dilma Rousseff to claims of lax oversight.

December 8, 2014, Monday

MORE ON BRAZIL AND: BRAZIL , PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETROBRAS ,ROUSSEFF, DILMA , BRIBERY AND KICKBACKS , FRAUDS AND SWINDLING ,CORRUPTION (INSTITUTIONAL) , WORKERS' PARTY (BRAZIL) , JANOT, RODRIGO (1957- )

1889: Dom Pedro in Exile

By INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE

From the International Herald Tribune archives: The deposed Brazilian emperor arrived in his Lisbon exile in 1889.

December 7, 2014, Sunday

MORE ON BRAZIL AND: BRAZIL , LISBON (PORTUGAL) , WAR AND REVOLUTION

Brazil Firm Raises $309 Million for Education-Focused Fund

By VINOD SREEHARSHA

The success by Bozano Investimentos in raising money for its new private equity fund is another indication that some investors are looking beyond Brazil’s current economic travails.