Dilma Rousseff

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is once again calling out corruption in the Trump Administration, following a questionable decision made by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. What Happened: On Monday, Warren shared a video on X questioning the SEC’s recent approval of...

The Shanghai-based New Development Bank, established by the BRICS nations, is reportedly set to roll out loans denominated in the South African rand and Brazilian real, a strategic move aimed at reducing reliance on the U.S. dollar and fostering a more multipolar global financial...

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has advocated for a shift away from reliance on the US dollar in global trade, proposing a single currency for transactions among the BRICS nations. Speaking at the inauguration of Dilma Rousseff, the newly-appointed President of the New...

Last year was certainly a good year for the U.S. stock market. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE: SPY) finished 2016 up 11.2 percent on the year. However, as happy as U.S. investors were in 2016, stocks in other countries performed even better. One of the major benefits of the rise in ETF...

“As of December of last year, we’ve seen a very large shift in expectations with Mauricio Macri’s victory [in Argentina], given that the third economy in the continent, trailing Brazil and Colombia, turned drastically from a populist, economic growth model to a more pro-liberal...

Women endure violence, discrimination, harassment and chauvinism in Latin America. However, women's rights movements are slowly advancing under the #NiUnaMenos (#NotOneLess) banner. Interestingly, and sadly, this trend has also been reflected in the region’s politics as an increasing...

Bloomberg published a list on Thursday of who its reporters and editors consider to be the most influential people in the world. For many, the list shouldn't come as a surprise and contains familiar names including JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM)'s CEO Jamie Dimon, Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:...

It’s a bittersweet day for democracy: while some celebrate the prevalence of the judicial system and democratic checks and balances, others mourn the loss of a popular leader that, some say, was unjustly removed from her position in a move repeatedly characterized as a coup d’é...

The iShares MSCI Brazil Index (ETF) (NYSE: EWZ) is up nearly 68 percent this year, easily making it one of 2016's best performing single-country exchange-traded funds, emerging markets or otherwise. Commodities And Politics Among the catalysts often cited for EWZ's resurgence are rebounding...

Twenty years ago it may have been "offensive" for a company to sell a t-shirt proclaiming that someday a woman will be president. That company happens to be Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT). Back in 1995, a Wal-Mart store had to pull the t-shirt after one customer complained....

The iShares MSCI Brazil Index (ETF) (NYSE: EWZ) is higher by nearly 36 percent this year, making it one of the best performing emerging markets single-country exchange-traded funds. EWZ's performance and those of Brazilian stocks is undoubtedly impressive in the face of steep economic and...

After an all-night-long, heated debate, the Brazilian Senate voted in favor of suspending President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday, giving way to an impeachment trial against her. The country’s elected president has been accused of misappropriating funds from public banks to cover deficits in...

Drama continues to unravel in Brazil. Until last Friday, President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment looked like a sure thing after a Senate committee recommended a trial for the infringement of budget laws. This left the head state just one step away from being suspended and replaced by Vice...

Last Friday, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment looked like a sure thing after a Senate committee recommended a trial for the infringement of budget laws. This left the head state one step away from being suspended and replaced by Vice President Michel Temer. Related Link:...

The impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff seems more tangible than ever, after a Senate committee recommended a trial for the infringement of budget laws, using funds from public banks to cover deficits in other areas. Now, all that's left is the full Senate's vote next week,...