Encouragingly, political leaders’ attempts to leverage the tournament for personal gain tend to end in failure

Front-runner for October’s presidential election may be jailed within a week

The president, accused of involvement in bribery scheme, saved by 21 abstentions

Suellen Machado and Alexsandro Ribou left Brazil in the midst of a deep political crisis

Prosecutors claim Workers’ Party colleagues involved in €400m bribery scheme

Former minister Geddel Vieira Lima detained as part of ongoing corruption investigation

Vote in congress could see controversial Michel Termer removed from office

Further charges including obstruction of justice expected to follow this week

Michel Temer survives vote on mandate and maintains he is victim of conspiracy

Ruling allows Michel Temer retain office but he remains subject of corruption investigation

Brazil’s supreme court releases plea-bargain testimony that implicates president

Leader fights for political life over link to payments bound for jailed colleague

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s new film put Brazil’s political elite in a panic and was accused of shaming the nation. He was so delighted, he put it on the posters

Leaks show that Lula, Rousseff and five cabinet ministers among those facing investigation

Political leaders across South America now being dragged into corruption inquiry net

Michel Temer’s cabinet chief steps aside on ‘health grounds’ after illicit fundraising claim

Eike Batista, once world’s seventh richest person, wanted on corruption charges

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Michel Temer sinking under weight of Petrobras graft scandal and rage over austerity

President Michel Temer may face inquiry over influence peddling

From the president on down, Brasília’s political elite dangle as federal judges circle

Support for party led by Lula collapses as it loses 60% of votes after 13 years in power

Anti-Workers’ Party climate in Brazil puts João Doria in the driving seat ahead of vote

Lula denies allegations of accepting €1m in bribes from Petrobras and other companies

Eduardo Cunha expelled from congress after being caught lying about overseas accounts

President Dilma Rousseff pays the price for her party’s loss of direction and failure to respond to a severe economic downturn

Whatever reform is promised, Brazilians remain hostages of their own political class

Brazilians have already had a taste of Michel Temer’s leadership and are unimpressed

Former president loses impeachment trial after senators vote 61-20 against her

Impeachment trial expected to remove Brazilian president from office this week

President who was suspended in May is scheduled to testify before hostile Senate

President Dilma Rousseff – accused of budget manipulation – has criticised the process

Verdict at end of month will need votes of two-thirds the senate for conviction

South America’s first ever Olympic Games gets off to happy start writes Tom Hennigan in Rio

Organisers hope start of Games will end months of bad publicity for Brazil

Body parts washed up on sands of Copacabana beach near Olympic volleyball arena

Move would cut uncertainty on public finances, says finance minister Henrique Meirelles

Transparency chief Silveira the second minister in Brazil to resign in just week

Romero Juca steps down after leaked tape suggests he sought to block graft inquiry