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Brazilian President Michel Temer flashes a smile during a meeting in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. (AFP)

Brazil President Survives Congressional Vote over Corruption Charges

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 3, 2017 | World

Brazilian President Michel Temer survived on Wednesday a vote at Congress over corruption charges that had dominated his presidency and threatened to impeach him. Members of Congress’ lower house, the Chamber of Deputies, voted 263-227 Wednesday night against...

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Brazil’s President Michel Temer speaks during a press conference on May 18, 2017 in Brasilia. (AFP)

Brazil’s Temer Defiant as he Faces more Corruption Charges

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 28, 2017 | World

Brazilian President Michel Temer faced new corruption accusations, but has since dismissed them as “fiction”, asserting his innocence against the allegations. Brazil’s Prosecutor General Rodrigo Janot on Monday night charged Temer with with arranging to receive...

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Brazilian President Michel Temer. (AFP)

Brazil’s Temer Denies Spying on Supreme Court Judge

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 11, 2017 | World

Fresh after surviving attempts to impeach him, Brazilian President Michel Temer found himself in a new scandal after he was forced to deny claims that he had his administration spy on a Supreme Court justice investigating him for corruption. In a story posted late...

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Brazilian President Michel Temer. (AFP)

Temer Aide Arrested in Corruption Scandal as Election Court Seeks his Impeachment

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 4, 2017 | World

Brazilian police announced on Saturday the arrest of a close aide of President Michel Temer in the latest development in the corruption scandal that has rocked the country and threatened to impeach the head of state. Former MP Rodrigo Rocha Loures, a close aide and...

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Brazil President Michel Temer. (Reuters)

Brazil President Challenges Critics: Resignation Is Admission of Guilt

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 23, 2017 | World

Embattled Brazilian President Michel Temer defied on Monday calls for him to resign in wake of a corruption scandal, saying he will not resign from his post even if he is formally indicted by the Supreme Court on corruption charges. “I will not resign. Oust me...