Tag: Michel Temer
New Brazilian President Booed as he Opens Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Protesters jeered Brazil’s new President Michel Temer as he opened the Paralympic Games in one of his first official outings since taking office last...
Brazil’s Rousseff Removed From Office After Senate Votes for impeachment
Dilma Rousseff has been officially removed as Brazil’s President a week before the Paralympic Games get underway in Rio de Janeiro after she suffered...
Rio 2016 Declared Open Amid Boos Before Marathon Runner De Lima Lights Olympic Cauldron
Boos reverberated around the Maracanã as interim Brazilian President Michel Temer declared Rio 2016 open tonight after an Opening Ceremony seeking to showcase the...
Rousseff Pulls Out of Attending Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony to Avoid Playing “Second-Fiddle” to...
Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff has joined her predecessor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in confirming she will not attend the Opening Ceremony of...
Rousseff and Lula To Be Offered “Place of Honour” at Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony
Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been invited to the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in a “place of honour”, Sports...
Comcast NBC Should Hire Sgt. Schultz as a Reporter
Comcast's NBC television network ran a commercial during the Days of Our Lives soap opera promoting the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. There was nothing...
Brazilian President Praises Economic and Democratic Credentials of Host Nation in Bid to Ease...
Brazilian President Michel Temer has promised next month's Olympic Games will show the world "one of the major global economies at work in a...
Special Measures Approved to Suspend Debts Owed by Brazilian State Governments Until After Rio...
A special measure meaning State Governments across Brazil do not have to repay debts until the end of the year has been passed in...
Rio de Janeiro State Government Facing “Financial Calamity” Less Than 50 Days Until Olympic...
Rio de Janeiro State Governor Francisco Dornelles has declared an unprecedented “state of public calamity in financial administration” with less than 50 days until...
Brazil’s Tourism Minister Resigns with Rio 2016 Looming After Accusations of Corruption
Brazil’s Tourism Minister Henrique Alves has resigned less than 50 days before the Rio 2016 Olympics after being accused of accepting money diverted from...
