Corruption
Brazil: Temer’s coup government rocked by corruption probe
April 13, 2017One-third of Michel Temer’s cabinet and many of his closest allies face investigation after Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered corruption proceedings.
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El Salvadoran leader discusses battle to end corruption
October 6, 2016Lourdes Palacios has been touring the U.S. to spread word of her country’s intention to end government corruption.
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Brazilian Left pushing hard for referendum to stop rightward slide
June 20, 2016The referendum would authorize new elections for October, but this depends on first defeating the efforts of the right to remove President Dilma Rousseff from office.
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Dinner, deaths, and fetishism of the dollar in new L.A. comedy
April 8, 2016Her play is loosely based on the Bernard Madoff scandal, the former stockbroker and investment adviser who thrived in the roaring George W. years until the bubble burst in 2008.
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Prime Minister of Iceland forced out over Panama Papers connection
April 5, 2016Thousands of protestors packed the square outside Gunnlaugsson's office and coated the windows with thrown yogurt.
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