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Brazil's watershed 'Lava Jato' graft probe ends with a whimper

08-02-2021 15:20 One of the biggest corruption investigations in history wraps up after falling into scandal itself.

Bolsonaro says he 'ended' Lava Jato corruption probe

08-10-2020 17:10 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday that he has ended the country's biggest-ever corruption probe as there is "no more corruption in the government."

Lava Jato

Brazil's Lula faces new charge of money-laundering

15-09-2020 08:24 Prosecutors in sprawling 'Lava Jato' corruption investigation charge former president with money-laundering, less than a year after the country's top court ordered him freed from jail while he appealed his conviction in another case.

Bloomberg - Opinion

Brazil hits a wall and takes Latin America with it

30-04-2020 17:38 Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro has just led his country, and indeed all of Latin America, to the end of a long cycle, as the coronavirus outbreak sparks a shadow over the continent’s future.

Coronavirus pandemic

Justice Minister Moro resigns in new blow to Bolsonaro government

24-04-2020 13:24 Sergio Moro, the former judge who rose to fame as the face of Brazil’s largest anti-corruption probe, has resigned from his post as justice minister amid what he saw as political interference.

Interview with ex-Brazil leader

Lula: Bolsonaro might risk being forced from office before 2022

09-04-2020 19:41 Brazil's former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that Jair Bolsonaro needs to change his approach to the new coronavirus – or risk being forced from office before the end of his term in December 2022.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Ex-Brazil president Lula meets Pope Francis at the Vatican

13-02-2020 17:04 Meeting comes one day after Argentine pontiff released his major document on the Amazon, in which he denounced the destruction of the rain forest and the exploitation of indigenous peoples.

OLIVER STONE INTERVIEW

Collateral damage and the ‘American Empire’ – Oliver Stone heads south again

04-01-2020 07:49 An exclusive interview with the legendary film director, who visited Latin America once more as the region shifts back to the left.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

FERNÁNDEZ’S ILLUSION

The myth of Latin American prosperity

23-11-2019 09:50 Today, our continent faces the impossible task of becoming competitive on a global scale with an absolute lack of infrastructure, limited credit, cramped capital investment for decades, and galloping inequality.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

BLOOMBERG

Argentina’s new foreign policy: Who's advising Alberto Fernández

11-11-2019 14:47 Meet the three key players influencing the president-elect’s foreign policy.

EX-PRESIDENT FREED

Lula vows to ‘continue fighting’ after judge frees him from jail

09-11-2019 08:36 Alberto Fernández and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner hail former Brazil president, who is freed from jail after benefitting from a Supreme Court ruling.

BREAKING NEWS

Brazil judge orders ex-president Lula's release from jail

08-11-2019 16:45 Judge authorises release of jailed ex-president, after a Supreme Court ruling paved the way for thousands of convicts to be freed.

BRAZIL EX-LEADER

Brazil's Supreme Court issues ruling that could free jailed ex-president Lula

08-11-2019 10:14 Brazil's top court votes narrowly that a person can only be jailed after all appeals to high courts have been exhausted, a decision that could see almost 5,000 inmates released, including Lula.

ARGENTINA-BRAZIL

From prison, Lula congratulates Fernández and thanks him for support

30-10-2019 18:16 “Latin America is moving step by step towards its ties to fraternity and respect,” the former Brazilian president wrote.

LAVA JATO

Bachelet denies claims her campaign took cash from disgraced Brazilian firm

18-09-2019 17:04 Bachelet told Chile's 24 Horas TV channel late Monday from Geneva that she "never had any link with OAS or any other company," in reference to allegations.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Margolis: Argentina’s mess doesn't herald a comeback for Latin America’s left

30-08-2019 13:10 Macri’s fall is stark. Yet what will his misfortunes mean for like-minded conservative leaders elected to change course in a region staggered by soaring unemployment, voter discontent and slowing economies?

500 DAYS

Fernández, CFK join petition from Argentine leaders for Lula's release

21-08-2019 08:35 Presidential frontrunner Alberto Fernández and running-mate Cristina Fernández de Kirchner led calls by dozens of personalities Tuesday to free Brazil's jailed leftist icon Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

PASO

Lula, Bolsonaro react to PASO vote

12-08-2019 13:35 The jailed former Brazilian president tweeted: "It's necessary to give hope to the people, to bring better days and tend to those who need it most."

BILATERAL TIES

Brazil’s Bolsonaro reaffirms his support for Macri's re-election

15-07-2019 08:52 “If people related to Cristina Kirchner, that are close to Lula, Dilma, etc., return to power, then I think Argentina will have serious problems,” Brazilian leader tells Clarín.

PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL

Fernández calls Lula's arrest 'stain on Brazil' as he visits leader in jail

05-07-2019 10:15 Presidential hopeful says he sees events in Brazil "with concern" and argues Lula's conviction is not on steady ground, as he casts shadow over future of EU-Mercosur deal.

Photo op

PT party senator Gleisi Hoffman confirms Alberto Fernández to visit Lula in jail

03-07-2019 15:47 Alberto Fernández will visit Luiz Inácio 'Lula' da Silva in Curitiba as pressure mounts against the imprisonment of the former Brazilian president for corruption.

Lava Jato

Brazil Supreme Court rejects request to free former president Lula

26-06-2019 15:32 The court voted to postpone deciding on whether then-judge and current Brazilian Minister of Justice Sergio Moro was impartial when handling da Silva’s first conviction in 2017.

Lava Jato

Moro says 'nothing to hide' about leaked messages

21-06-2019 19:27 The Brazilian Justice Minister and former judge claimed there was nothing improper about alleged conversations he had with prosecutors and dismissed the "sensationalism" created by the Intercept report.

INSTITUTIONAL CRISIS

Brazil in shock as Minister Moro’s imprisonment of Lula questioned

15-06-2019 09:43 Justice Minister Sergio Moro sent ex-president Lula to prison on corruption charges as he led the polls for the presidency, paving the way for Jair Bolsonaro’s victory.

CORRUPTION

Moro and the moral dilemma

15-06-2019 08:31 Argentina and Brazil’s historical processes are intertwined, and in comparing both it is possible to come to a macro-historical understanding that helps put in context what is going on beneath the surface.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Lava Jato

Brazil court dodges debate on Lula's release

12-06-2019 01:52 Debate flares up in neighbouring country over leaked documents indicating Justice Minister Sergio Moro improperly collaborated with prosecutors when serving as a federal judge, casting shadow over 'Lava Jato' probe.

Lava Jato

Brazil's Moro under fire after leaked messages hint at anti-Lula conspiracy

10-06-2019 10:10 The Intercept alleges then-federal judge Sergio Moro and prosecutors involved in an investigation against Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva worked together to jail former president.