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The wheel turned full circle Thursday for Luiz Felipe Scolari as the man who led Brazil to World Cup glory a decade ago returned to take over the five-times world champions.

Brazil's Supreme Court convicted three top aides of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of graft related to a vote-buying scheme in Congress.

Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday found former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's ex-chief of staff guilty of corruption in connection with a vote-buying scheme in Congress.

Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's chief of staff masterminded a vote-buying scheme by the ruling Workers Party in Brazil's Congress, a Supreme Court justice said Wednesday.

The defense in Brazil's biggest ever bribery trial on Monday rejected charges against the main defendants and asked that the case be dismissed for lack of evidence.

Brazil's biggest ever bribery trial began with dozens of former officials facing vote-buying charges in a case that could tarnish the legacy of popular ex-leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Brazil's biggest ever bribery trial began Thursday with dozens of former officials facing vote-buying charges in a case that could tarnish the legacy of popular ex-leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

An emotional President Dilma Rousseff, a former leftist guerrilla jailed and tortured during Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, on Wednesday swore in a seven-member Truth Commission tasked with probing human rights abuses from that period.

President Dilma Rousseff, a former leftist guerrilla jailed and tortured during Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, on Wednesday swore in the seven-member panel tasked with probing human rights abuses from that period.

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian opposition presidential candidate Jose Serra attacked ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff over corruption in a debate on Monday, but failed to land any decisive blows as a new poll showed Rousseff maintaining her lead ahead of Sunday's runoff vote.

Rio de Janeiro (Reuters) - Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff on Thursday sailed through the last TV debate before Sunday's presidential election, bolstered by another poll showing her with just enough support to win in the first round.