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
JAN. 2, 2015
Brazilian Pres Dilma Rousseff defends her first-term record in inauguration speech after being sworn in to second term in office; Rousseff speaks of her intention to fight graft. MOREDEC. 30, 2014
South America Memo; boom in prices for commodities like oil, minerals and crops has ended in South America, but there is evidence that countries including Brazil, Peru and Venezuela are in better position to avoid a bust; measure of external debt to foreign reserves is at low in region. MOREDEC. 26, 2014
Sao Luis Journal; former Brazilian Pres Jose Sarney's decision not to seek re-election to Senate as well as ouster of his political loyalists in state of Maranhao, one of poorest, may be opening for profound shift in Brazilian politics; Sarney is head of political dynasty that has controlled Maranhao state for five decades; powerful dynasties elsewhere in country are also showing weakness. MOREDEC. 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. MOREDEC. 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
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