The change is linked to a federal crackdown that uncovered a scheme of unauthorized deductions from social security benefits.

Carlos Lupi resigned Friday from his post as Brazil's Social Security Minister after meeting at the Palácio do Planalto with ...

Of the 12 changes, nine were replacements and three were reassignments. In addition to Lupi and Cida, other officials who ...

Carlos Lupi resigned Friday from his post as Brazil's Social Security Minister after meeting at the Palácio do Planalto with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, given the ongoing fraud ...

Brazil's minister for social security resigned on Friday over a scandal concerning an alleged scheme to defraud retirees of ...

Carlos Lupi had been at the center of a storm over revelations that unions and other associations skimmed off part of people’s pensions, with the possible collusion of officials from the ...

Brazil lifts suspension on Vietnamese tilapia fish imports Brazil has lifted a temporary ban on tilapia fish imports from ...

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration said in a statement he accepted Carlos Lupi’s resignation Friday during a meeting in the president’s office. The president invited former lawmaker ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s Social Security Minister Carlos Lupi resigned from his position on Friday, with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva naming his main secretary for the role, according to a ...