Brazilian President Michel Temer’s corruption-plagued government — installed in power last year through an ill-footed impeached process widely condemned as a parliamentary coup — is facing its greatest scandal yet after a wiretap recording revealed the president had endorsed bribery payments to a powerful witness to keep him from testifying in government corruption cases.
Now, Temer increasingly is under pressure to resign or face an impeachment process, plunging the already highly unpopular executive deeper into crisis amid widespread calls for early elections to select a new president democratically.
Brazil's Temer Defies Calls to Step Down over Wiretap Scandal
The unelected president announced he will not resign in the face of the biggest scandal to hit his crisis-ridden government yet. READ MORE
Brazil's Top Court Approves Investigation into Temer After Damning Wiretap
The president is set to face an investigation for appearing to approve secret payments to a witness. READ MORE
Brazil's Temer Endorsed Bribes to Cunha for His Silence
Temer approved of monthly payments that Eduardo Cunha was receiving to remain silent. READ MORE
Brazil: Top Court Investigates 100+ Politicians Over Corruption
Eight ministers appointed by President Michel Temer, including his Chief of Staff Eliseu Padilha, are under investigation. READ MORE
Brazil Court Targets 8 Temer Ministers, Dozens of Other Politicians in Corruption Probe
Several top allies of the unelected president, including nearly one third of his cabinet, are in the spotlight for fraud. READ MORE
Brazil Court Launches Trial that Could Boot Temer from Office
If Michel Temer is removed as president, it would mark the second transition of a government in Brazil in less than one year. READ MORE
Brazil's Social Movements Prepare 'Popular Emergency Plan'
Brazil's Popular Front, which gathers social movements, political parties and trade unions, has outlined 10 key proposals. READ MORE
Brazilians Fight for Democracy as Right-Wing Elites Clench Power
The vast majority of Brazilians favor direct elections to choose a new president — a route the country's elites want to avoid. READ MORE
Rousseff Says Brazil Will Return to Democracy in 2018 with Lula
Deposed President Dilma Rousseff expressed hope about the future of the South American nation with another democratically-elected government. READ MORE