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Brazilian president's pardons ignite corruption row

Brasilia - Al Maghrib Today

President Michel Temer was accused Saturday of handing Brazilians convicted of corruption a get out of jail card with changes to the traditional collective Christmas pardon. Temer, who has been charged with corruption himself, issued the annual decree Friday, expanding the categories of prisoners eligible for early release. The main shift was to lift the previous exclusion on all those serving sentences of moreRead more

Corrupt Brazilian tycoon begins house arrest

Sao Paulo - Al Maghrib Today

Marcelo Odebrecht, the construction tycoon at the center of Brazil's biggest ever corruption scandal, was released from prison Tuesday to begin house arrest in his luxury Sao Paulo home. Odebrecht, 49, left the prison in the southern city of Curitiba after serving two and a half years behind bars. He was fitted with a monitoring ankle bracelet before taking a chartered businessRead more

Brazilian star Kaka announces retirement

Rio de Janeiro - Al Maghrib Today

Former Brazilian World Cup champion Kaka announced his retirement as a player Sunday, suggesting that a management career at his old club AC Milan could be on the cards. "I am preparing to continue in football and to have a different role, but I will no longer be a professional player, an athlete," the 2007 Ballon d'Or winner told GloboRead more

Airbus to pay compensation to 2007 Brazil crash victims

Rio de Janeiro - Al Maghrib Today

European aircraft giant Airbus will pay some 30 million reais ($9.1 million) in compensation to relatives of the 199 people killed in a 2007 air crash in Sao Paulo, a lawyer said Monday. "After years of negotiations, 33 families have signed the terms of the agreement with Airbus," Gabriela Ristow told AFP. The accord, which was reached with a totalRead more

Centrists struggle in polarized Brazil ahead of polls

Brasília - Al Maghrib Today

With leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and firebrand right-wing former army officer Jair Bolsonaro leading the polls, there's a gaping hole in Brazil's center ahead of presidential elections next year. On Saturday, one of the country's most established centrist forces, the Brazilian Social Democratic Party, or PSDB, took a first step in trying to become the missing piece ofRead more

Brazil's Temer recuperating after heart procedure

Sao Paulo - Al Maghrib Today

Brazilian President Michel Temer was spending the weekend recuperating in hospital after undergoing angioplasty in three blocked coronary arteries, doctors said Saturday. Temer, 77, had the procedure to widen obstructed arteries and have at least one stent implanted at the heart unit of the Sirio-Libanes Hospital in Sao Paulo late Friday. "The procedure was a success and the president isRead more

Robberies see Brazil F1 tests cancelled

Sao Paulo - Al Maghrib Today

McLaren and Pirelli have cancelled tests scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday in the wake of a series of attempted armed robberies against Formula One teams at Sao Paulo this weekend. Team members of Mercedes, Williams and Sauber were either robbed at gunpoint or had close escapes over the Grand Prix weekend. McLaren said they felt the risk to staff wasRead more

Seventh feels like victory on Massa farewell race

Sao Paulo - Al Maghrib Today

Felipe Massa paid an emotional tribute to his home city fans at Interlagos on Sunday after a battling drive to finish seventh in the Brazilian Grand Prix. The 36-year-old local hero, who will retire at the end of the season, was surrounded by his family and friends as he bade farewell from the podium during an interview with his friendRead more

Thousands protest austerity measures in Brazil

Sao Paulo - Al Maghrib Today

Several thousand Brazilians demonstrated on Friday as part of a day of national mobilization against government austerity measures, including a labor law that will soon come into effect. Demonstrators were also protesting against a highly-unpopular pension reform project and the wave of privatization recently announced by President Michel Temer's government. "We must prevent the destruction of our country, the lossRead more