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      Brazil’s ruling Workers’ party seeks to gag central bank chief

      Senior PT figures file lawsuit against Roberto Campos Neto over alleged political bias

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      The judge behind the drive to bury Latin America’s biggest corruption probe

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    • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
      Brazil’s supreme court overturns ‘Car Wash’ corruption convictions

      Reversal of high-profile rulings comes as country backtracks on graft probe

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    • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
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    • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
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    • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
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    • Sunday, 7 April, 2024
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      Blackouts spark fears of grid ‘collapse’ in Brazil’s biggest city

      Power outages in São Paulo reflect chronic underinvestment in country’s infrastructure

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      Brazil’s 1964 coup casts a long shadow over Lula

      The leader has come under fierce criticism for his failure to commemorate the dark period

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    • Monday, 25 March, 2024
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    • Tuesday, 19 March, 2024
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      Former leader faces first potential indictment on claims of false vaccination certificates and ‘criminal association’

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    • Saturday, 10 February, 2024
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      Police say far-right former leader and his allies had detailed scheme to prevent his successor from taking office

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    • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
      Bolsonaro ordered to surrender passport in Brazil ‘coup plot’ probe

      Three aides to former leader arrested as police set out details of alleged plan to prevent Lula taking office after 2022 polls

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    • Monday, 5 February, 2024
      Brazil’s supreme court orders probe of anti-corruption group

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    • Monday, 29 January, 2024
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      Sergio Moro, who convicted country’s leftist leader, defends his battered reputation and says fight against graft has been abandoned

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    • Monday, 8 January, 2024
      Lula and Bolsonaro trade jibes over rioting that shook Brazil

      Country remains deeply divided a year after rightwingers attacked government buildings

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    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
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      Success on deforestation and agricultural reforms contrasts with country’s huge expansion in hydrocarbons

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    • Friday, 24 November, 2023
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      Brasília will use climate summit to push for creation of fund to reward preservation of areas such as the Amazon

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    • Saturday, 21 October, 2023
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      Allowing political parties to buy boats and planes out of public funds is just one of Brasília’s moves away from accountability

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    • Wednesday, 27 September, 2023
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      Alexandre Silveira touts clean energy credentials and aim to become top oil producer

    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
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      First person convicted for Brazil’s January 8 riot gets 17-year sentence

      Court signals a tough stance on those found to have taken part in storming and vandalising government buildings

      Pedestrians walk past a broken window that was damaged during riots in Brasília in January 2023
    • Wednesday, 13 September, 2023
      Brazil begins trials of ‘coup’ rioters who stormed centres of power

      Supreme Court signals it will take a hard line against those charged for January 8 attempted insurrection

      Supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro wave Brazilian flags inside the presidential palace in Brasilia
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