The Secret Agent director Kleber Mendonça Filho: ‘I love the title. It’s short and sexy’
After winning two Golden Globes, the proudly puzzling thriller is up for the best-picture Oscar. And now the Brazilian president is on the phone
Dilma Rousseff
Economist and former president of Brazil
Rio mayor arrested on corruption charges before leaving office
Judge who authorised Marcello Crivella’s arrest says the mayor is a risk to ‘public order’
How the Bolsonaro government is waging war on Brazil’s poor
São Paulo Letter: Budget for Bolsa payment cut despite inequality gap increasing
Brazil’s highest court now mired in unfolding political crisis
Behaviour of former judge, now minister for justice, and prosecutors called into question
Bolsonaro’s dysfunctional presidency may be nearing endgame
Brazil leader has only himself to blame for open chatter about possible impeachment
Bolsonaro’s ‘imbeciles’ comment fuels protest at education cuts
Cuts to Brazil universities for promotion of ‘messing about’ instead of academic issues
Confidence in Bolsonaro tested after chaotic first 100 days
Far-right Brazilian president’s relationship with Congress suffers rapid deterioration
Brazil ex-president Michel Temer arrested in graft investigation
Judge describes as ‘convincing’ prosecutors’ case that Temer leads criminal organisation
Bolsonaro’s win braces Brazil for likelihood of facile solutions
Disaffected populace has propelled unproven far-right crank to key position of president
Brazil: Workers’ Party sees chink in far-right candidate’s defences
Controversial favourite’s traction among key evangelical cohort seems to be slipping
Brazil’s overhauled congress to be dominated by hard right
Political polarisation deepens with newcomers comprising more than half chamber
Support rises for far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro in final opinion polls
First round of Brazil presidential elections on Sunday
Brazilians take to streets to demonstrate against Jair Bolsonaro
Far-right presidential candidate opposed by women’s rights, gay and anti-racist groups
Jair Bolsonaro knife attack: stabbing throws Brazil’s election into confusion
Alleged assailant said he attacked poll-leading far-right candidate ‘by order of God’
Brazil bars former president Lula from running in election
Two times former leftist president is serving 12-year sentence for corruption, money laundering
How the World Cup reflects – and subverts – the world we live in
Encouragingly, political leaders’ attempts to leverage the tournament for personal gain tend to end in failure
Brazil’s top court rules that ex-president Lula can be jailed
Front-runner for October’s presidential election may be jailed within a week
Peruvian president beats the odds to survive impeachment attempt
The president, accused of involvement in bribery scheme, saved by 21 abstentions
‘It was a battle to find a place to live in Ireland’
Suellen Machado and Alexsandro Ribou left Brazil in the midst of a deep political crisis
Brazil’s former presidents Lula and Rousseff charged with corruption
Prosecutors claim Workers’ Party colleagues involved in €400m bribery scheme
Pressure mounts on Brazilian president as close ally arrested
Former minister Geddel Vieira Lima detained as part of ongoing corruption investigation
Bribery charge against Brazilian president reaches parliament
Vote in congress could see controversial Michel Termer removed from office
Brazil’s president Michel Temer charged with corruption
Further charges including obstruction of justice expected to follow this week
Brazilian president set to face corruption charges
Michel Temer survives vote on mandate and maintains he is victim of conspiracy
Brazilian president cleared over campaign funding allegations
Ruling allows Michel Temer retain office but he remains subject of corruption investigation
Michel Temer accused of taking millions in bribes
Brazil’s supreme court releases plea-bargain testimony that implicates president
Brazilian president Michel Temer facing bribery allegations
Leader fights for political life over link to payments bound for jailed colleague
Aquarius: “It is the duty of people of goodwill to boycott this film”
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s new film put Brazil’s political elite in a panic and was accused of shaming the nation. He was so delighted, he put it on the posters
Dozens of leading figures named in Brazil corruption inquiry
Leaks show that Lula, Rousseff and five cabinet ministers among those facing investigation
Pressure mounts on Brazil’s president over illicit financing claim
Political leaders across South America now being dragged into corruption inquiry net
Brazil: Corruption investigation net closes on president
Michel Temer’s cabinet chief steps aside on ‘health grounds’ after illicit fundraising claim
Interpol to help Brazilian police arrest fugitive ex-billionaire
Eike Batista, once world’s seventh richest person, wanted on corruption charges
Editor’s choice: 11 foreign highlights of 2016
‘Irish Times’ editor Kevin O’Sullivan recommends some notable foreign news features that resonated with readers in 2016
South America sees Latin populist tide recede
World in 2016 review: Corruption scandals in Brazil and chaos in Venezuela
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