Brazil
Lula edges closer to corruption charges in Brazil
Hitherto an influential ally and adviser, Lula may be increasingly a liability to the beleaguered president
BrazilBrazil's Petrobras policies promote probity problems
Unwillingness to reverse intervention and investment burden on Petrobras undermines both output and probity
BrazilChina and 'Grexit' risks weigh on EMs globally
China's equity market volatility and 'Grexit' risk are shaping sentiment towards EMs
InternationalPetrobras probe puts paid to politics in Brazil
The probe of leading politicians in Rousseff's coalition will wreak further damage on the political and economic outlook
BrazilLula's return aspirations will be thwarted in Brazil
The government may yet recover lost ground by 2018, but the former president seems set to remain 'former'
BrazilGreek crisis will not derail global growth path
IMF downgrades 2015 global growth forecast, sees deeper recession in Brazil
InternationalPensions, prices add to economic pessimism in Brazil
The president looks increasingly unable to pursue an agenda acceptable to either markets or her own party
BrazilRapid Rousseff ouster in Brazil appears overstated
The president is badly weakened but there are political motives for keeping her in power, for now
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