Petrobras

Refiners worldwide are struggling to meet global demand for diesel and gasoline, exacerbating high prices and aggravating shortages

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday dismissed the president of state oil giant Petrobras, who had been in the job for only 40 days.

Among the building or renovation projects involved were some on Rio de Janeiro's fabled Maracana Stadium and the Arena Pernambuco in Recife

Maria Thereza Sombra may rely on Rio de Janeiro's police to keep her safe -- but in the grip of financial crisis they rely on the 82-year-old to supply them with toilet paper.

Brazilian courts are investigating an allegation that President Michel Temer received a campaign donation from a company implicated in a corruption racket at state oil firm Petrobras, his rivals said.

Brazilian police Thursday arrested Guido Mantega, a former finance minister under presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff, as part of the investigation into the vast Petrobras corruption scheme, media reported.

A Brazilian judge has accepted charges against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for allegedly obstructing a corruption investigation involving state-run oil giant Petrobras, clearing the way for one of the country's best-known political figures to stand trial.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was on the verge of defeat on Sunday in her attempt to stave off a vote authorizing the Senate to start an impeachment trial, plunging the deeply divided country into crisis.

A Brazilian senator charged in an explosive corruption scandal said Saturday that President Dilma Rousseff knew everything about the embezzlement scheme at state oil company Petrobras and directly benefited from it.

Brazilian ruling party Senator Delcidio do Amaral has implicated President Dilma Rousseff and ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the Petrobras graft scandal as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors, local media reported on Thursday.

Billionaire Andre Esteves, arrested on charges related to Brazil's huge Petrobras corruption probe, has resigned as chairman and CEO of Latin America's largest independent investment bank, it said late Sunday.

Brazil's besieged President Dilma Rousseff lost a major battle on Wednesday when the federal audit court rejected her government's accounts from last year, paving the way for her opponents to try to impeach her.

Brazil's Supreme Court authorized the questioning by police of ex-President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva in a broadening corruption case focussed on state-run oil company Petrobras, a representative for the court said on Friday.

The vice president of Brazil's TSE electoral authority on Friday asked for an investigation of President Dilma Rousseff's 2014 re-election campaign, citing evidence that it may have been financed with money from a corruption scheme at state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA.

Tens of thousands of protesters across Brazil called on President Dilma Rousseff to step down Sunday, blaming her and the leftist Workers' Party for the corruption and economic troubles besetting Latin America's biggest country.

Refiners worldwide are struggling to meet global demand for diesel and gasoline, exacerbating high prices and aggravating shortages

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday dismissed the president of state oil giant Petrobras, who had been in the job for only 40 days.

Among the building or renovation projects involved were some on Rio de Janeiro's fabled Maracana Stadium and the Arena Pernambuco in Recife

Maria Thereza Sombra may rely on Rio de Janeiro's police to keep her safe -- but in the grip of financial crisis they rely on the 82-year-old to supply them with toilet paper.

Brazilian courts are investigating an allegation that President Michel Temer received a campaign donation from a company implicated in a corruption racket at state oil firm Petrobras, his rivals said.

Brazilian police Thursday arrested Guido Mantega, a former finance minister under presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff, as part of the investigation into the vast Petrobras corruption scheme, media reported.

A Brazilian judge has accepted charges against former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for allegedly obstructing a corruption investigation involving state-run oil giant Petrobras, clearing the way for one of the country's best-known political figures to stand trial.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was on the verge of defeat on Sunday in her attempt to stave off a vote authorizing the Senate to start an impeachment trial, plunging the deeply divided country into crisis.

A Brazilian senator charged in an explosive corruption scandal said Saturday that President Dilma Rousseff knew everything about the embezzlement scheme at state oil company Petrobras and directly benefited from it.

Brazilian ruling party Senator Delcidio do Amaral has implicated President Dilma Rousseff and ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the Petrobras graft scandal as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors, local media reported on Thursday.

Billionaire Andre Esteves, arrested on charges related to Brazil's huge Petrobras corruption probe, has resigned as chairman and CEO of Latin America's largest independent investment bank, it said late Sunday.

Brazil's besieged President Dilma Rousseff lost a major battle on Wednesday when the federal audit court rejected her government's accounts from last year, paving the way for her opponents to try to impeach her.

Brazil's Supreme Court authorized the questioning by police of ex-President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva in a broadening corruption case focussed on state-run oil company Petrobras, a representative for the court said on Friday.

The vice president of Brazil's TSE electoral authority on Friday asked for an investigation of President Dilma Rousseff's 2014 re-election campaign, citing evidence that it may have been financed with money from a corruption scheme at state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA.

Tens of thousands of protesters across Brazil called on President Dilma Rousseff to step down Sunday, blaming her and the leftist Workers' Party for the corruption and economic troubles besetting Latin America's biggest country.