what has happened is that brazil's police agencies have matured. brazil is a very young democracy. it only exited military dictatorship in 1985. you finally have the maturation of these institutions applying the rule of law. or the first time, political and economic elites are being held accountable for very serious political and economic corruption. the corruption is pervasive in essentially every influential political faction in brazil, including all political parties. that includes the workers party, the left-wing party of lula d andilma the current president, but even to a greater extent, the opposition parties on the center and the right that are trying to replace it. so corruption is very real. there is a very -- there has been what has been until recently an impressive judicial investigation that has resulted in the arrest and prosecution of some of the country's richest and most powerful figures, something that you would never see in the united states. billionaires being hauled off to jail for bribery and money laundering and tax evasion and corruption, and sentenced to man

the listening post now on the role the media is playing in brazil's political crisis. on sunday the 13th of march brazil's largest broadcaster tv global suspended its regular programming to cover protests across the country. the media had spent a lot of air time in the run up urging people to take to the streets to demand the impeachment of president dilma rousseff. >> impeachment. >> reporter: dilma rousseff is not under investigation and at protests says a lot of brazil politics, society and its media. >> demographic profile of media who went to the streets last sunday is very particular and upper middle class, white, from the southeastern part of brazil. i mean the richest part of brazil so there a bunch of very discontent white middle class folks who do not like the workers party from the beginning i guess and this sentiment has been set and also augmented or increased by the media. >> and there was one photograph that went viral on brazil media and it was absolutely outstanding with a middle age, middle class couple going to the demonstrations and right behind the

brazil, the dynamics can be turned around in brazil more aggressively, more quickly. the negativeime, dynamics in south africa is a slower burning fuse. the public debt is much lower. so, the shock they have suffered in exchange rate it's hit inflation even though they are not quite in recession, they are slowing down. but it is not like the debt dynamics are explosive. you do not have quite the same downside risk. yes, is active. i think that is reflected in the rating story. there is this danger that south africa will be downgraded to below investment grade. that has already happened. guy: my next question. arnab: sometimes that is a bit of a lagging indicator. guy: some in the business community are very worried about it. you think about how that could work its way through. and it's not a good story. you push south africa down that road and it not only changes south africa, it changes the regional dynamics as well. what would be effective a downgrade? arnab: on financial markets it would be more symbolic than actual, because i think people are not treating it as an

at what point does brazil default? >> we are far from a default, but we are entering -- there is a difference between the domestic and external. the external side is in pretty good shape. i think we are far from a default, but an sovereign debt there is a situation where at some point you enter a very bad dynamic and the dynamics of the debt becomes such that it is hard to pull back. brazil if it continues the way it is an 2-3 years, it could be that situation. scarlet: that internal that crisis -- debt crisis could blow up into an external debt crisis. >> how they pay and the ability to pay. scarlet: something you noticed is that the brazilian riel was also rallying -- real was also reality -- rallying. it is really stuck in the middle of nowhere. why has the currency stabilized? the currency has held on. >> the latest rally is for the same reason the stock market is rallying, a little better feeling for the politics. i think that is wishful thinking. the other point is that most emerging market currencies are stable

he represents the aspirations of the long downtrodden in brazil. really the impression may be somemer -- forming among sectors in brazil that by being questioned, he is being made into a target by forces that they would not like to really have to confront. this is really a very interesting time. laura: lula says it is a witchhunt and brazil police do not want him to run again for power. is there any truth in that? eric: you know, there may be truth that some people don't want him to run again, but i think that in a law enforcement investigation, you have to divide the legalities of the issue from the politics. it is tough to do. i am not saying it is easy to do. they are all intertwined. this process has to work itself out. there are many people in brazil who are being investigated for corruption. this is something that brazilian public is having to deal with as well. laura: could this affect brazil's current president, dilma rousseff? eric: it could. she is directly linked to the scandal and there are investigations going on in congress. this give

brazil is in battle -- brazil's embattled president has suffered a new blow. party held six ministries. she denies any wrongdoing and there is a corruption scandal that is reached the highest level of government and business. a vote on her impeachment is expected in the middle of next hadh. shares in the cotter takata have plunged this morning here at -- morning the worst-case scenario would involve millions of invaders. -- of inflator's. global news, 24 hours a day, powered by 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. you can find more stories on the bloomberg at top . francine: we are getting some breaking news. i'm trying to convert the yen into dollars. overall sharp saying that foxconn is taking control of sharp. ,t's for karst -- it's forecast ¥170 billion, that compares to a ¥10 billion profit at the same time last year. means ition basically is a $1.5 billion loss. i want to convert it to you that you get the -- converted to you to make sure you get the full magnitude. yesterday stocks surged in oil rallied. janet yellen st

when you're talking about the politics of brazil. general rousseff oop pointed did he silva as her chief of staff. there is question in the country whether it is legal to put him inside the cabinet in such a top job. the director of the brazil institute of the woodrow wilson center joins us now. is this actually legal? >> well, i have the will be legal if it is approved by the supreme court. there was one injunction in brazil i can't that was dismissed by a superior court. there is another real, there are 10 waiting in line. all of this will be zipped by the superior courts and eventually by the supreme court if the supreme court decide that is that is legal, the former president can become the chief of staff of president roussef. what he will do with that position, though, remains to be seen, because one idea was initially to shield him from prosecutor from lower courts on the petro brass corruption scandal. the second idea would be that he would help president rousseff fight an impeachment process pending against her in congress an

but first, we go to brazil. a country already reeling from political and economic crisis, brazil is now in the headlines because of a new health threat we know little about, the zika virus. the virus came with the "aedes aegypti" or "yellow fever mosquito." in 2007, on a little island in the pacific, over 100 people came down with zika. this was when virologists first really noticed it. in 2013, the next big outbreak hit. in french-polynesia, 1/10 of the population came down with it. two years later the virus spread to brazil and has since infected millions. at first, virologists believed an infection was benign, but we now know that's not true. reporter: the heat is stifling in this sparsely furnished apartment. a mother and her two children all sleep in one bed. jaqueline vieira is 25 years old. the doctors say she contracted the zika virus during pregnancy. baby daniel was born four months ago with microcephaly. his head is disproportionately small and his brain underdeveloped. when the father heard that his

you recommend that this is the answer for brazil. >> yes, it all depends on what is the endgame for brazil. we have an environment where a company that was worth 20 times what it is today is basically a situation of low investment, a cash flow problem over the next few years there he and this is only one example. we have more going on in brazil as a result of corruption charges we have seen. once those are corrected, we are going to see a change in that, and as a result of the country can start growing again. this could take quite some time. alix: we haven't seen that happened yet. 25 percent of investors are actually foreigners. if we don't see the kind of progressive action that you are calling for, what kind of the loft white greasy and socks -- what kind of selloff might we see and socks? >> it has already been announced a renewal of loans to begin to local governments as part of the sweeteners to keep the support in the government and the cabinet. this goes back to the same of distorted resource allocation and brazil. i'm worried we might see them going back to lowe's. alix: and final

in terms of brazil, we didn't discuss it extensively, other than the fact that we hope brazil resolves its current political crisis in a quick way. their democracy is sufficiently mature. their systems of laws and structures, i think, are strong enough, that this will get resolved in a way that allows brazil ultimately to prosper and be thing significant world leader that it is. we need a strong and effective brazil for our own economies and for world peace. >> translator: as to the effect on the brazilian people and its effect on trading partners, i reiterate that brazil, i reiterate will emerge stronger from this crisis. because whatever happens to brazil has a direct reflect and effects what happens in our country here. >> reporter: thank you mr. president. president obama in the wake of thu brussels attacks, you obviously thought a lot about whether to go ahead and attend that baseball game yesterday in cuba, and to continue on to argentina and complete this trip. but you are catching some flax for it from some political opponents at home. would you walk us through why this is the

brazil was ah igh beat at trade on china. own uniquegot its problems but, nevertheless, do tou need to be long china be long brazil? jim: i would prefer to buy pressure rather than brazil in that situation. oil would be going higher. better manager than brazil. keeps making so many mistakes every day she wakes up. she's got a lot of hydrocarbons, too. that is a lot of for story. her story gets worse and worse. i would rather buy russia because of china. china and russia are getting closer and closer together. guy: if china starts to improve, is that great for your part of the world? mario: yes, of course. they are directly and indirectly affected. because of the price of commodities. his countries in latin america still continue to be highly dependent on commodities. commodity is,se we are told, going through a revolution. from being an internet -- an industrial economy to a service economy. jim is chuckling. but that is the theory. mario: that is the claim. not only that, to reduce investment in consumption -- and into consu

brazil? we will discuss. ♪ scarlet: welcome back to bloomberg markets. it's another day of volatility here at the nasdaq in the wake of the ecb policy decision. initially, we have the nasdaq trading higher now and now the index is dragging it lower. the worst performing tech stock is yahoo! -- shares are lower after the company appointed two new board members. the morgan stanley director and a previous cfo at broadcom. he is perplexed why the timing and takes it as a negative, suggesting a proxy battle could be ahead. have beenyahoo! volatile over the last year and a half as investors continue to wait for a potential turnaround. the best-performing stock today is expedia. shares are higher after piper jaffray upgraded the stock from overweight to neutral. the homeaway acquisition could potentially drive even the upside in 2016. his price tag suggests expedia could climb back to the stock's current record high. i'm abigail doolittle. no more bloomberg markets. you are watching bloomberg. thi

katty: political turmoil in brazil. former president lula's warning to be his successor's chief of staff, but is probably suspending the government. saving the art of afghanistan. one project is preserving the craft which has thrived there for centuries. katty: welcome to our viewers on public television and around the globe. the islamic state is committing genocide against christian and other minorities in iraq and syria, according to the u.s. secretary of state. this is only the second time the u.s. and ministries in made a designation during an ongoing conflict. it will do nothing to change american policy or actions on the ground. the bbc's gary o'donoghue has more. and: summer 14, humanitarian disaster is unfolding in sinjar in northern iraq. yazidis are the fleeing the islamic state, their men being murdered, their women being taken into sexual slavery. after pressure from congress and humanitarian groups, the state department is prepared to call such atrocities genocide. sec. kerry: daesh kills christians because

big news in brazil. we went down to the street in the center of rio de janeiro to see the reaction. >> this is an historic day get to they managed to the biggest thief in brazil. i'm very happy with everything that is happening. >> frankly, we were outraged. we trusted him. i voted for him. now there is all the stories about corruption. what a coward. i just want justice to be served, if there is still just as at all. -- justice at all. >> it is not a surprise. we have been hearing about these investigations for a long time. honestly, my heart is in pain. the brazilian people are sad. what a shame. there are no more limits. now let's wait and see what happens. streetsould take to the to defend our democracy and defend lula, who was the most brazilian of all our presidents. he did so many things for people, lifting people out of poverty. he is a good leader. president lula has my support. tim: reflections of brazil's highly polarized political climate. a hero tosident lula some, village to others come as

antigovernment protests continued overnight intima brazil's biggest cities. -- in some of brazil's biggest cities. anna: thank you very much. now let's get into our chart for the hour. guy johnson joins us with the chart. guy: it was over there. anna: it was there? manus: i apologize. [laughter] manus: this is live tv. anna: something about the dax. guy: it is rallying. but we will see today is the running out of steam of the post-fed rally. this is the chart here. don't worry about it, live television. as a result, we have seen -- what is interesting is what you the idea people are moving money out of europe. i think this is quite interesting. you've seen this underperformance which has been quite interesting and pronounced hasite the fact that draghi done what he is done. it is a question as to whether or not this carries on. we've seen the spread between the mining stocks and the banking stocks. people, particularly the u.s. investors have been taking money out of european funds and repatriating them. anna: that is actually looking at the rest of the year. this was the big long position

brazil gets all the news. for china they are on the path towards deleveraging and many emerging markets have not begun that path. that's the structural heyday we see. betty: there is -- lisa: there is the headline that the brazilian ruling coalition party announced a split from government. there you go, news right this minute. the political instability in brazil at this minute, john williams said that they were talking about how brazil was in ineefe -- was a key factor addition to china. how does the fed position around political turmoil in emerging markets? the statements we saw from chair yellen today are appropriate. they increasingly are realizing the we are nearly globally integrated in the economy and to set policy conditions solely on the u.s. unemployment rate and inflation is inappropriate. the federal reserve has acknowledged that as they continue on. yearse first time in 15 the gap was going to be the smallest between devout market growth and emerging-market growth. in large part because of the slow

but many in brazil don't agree and politicians are already leaving the government, brazil is in the west of the worst recession it has seen in decades and people feel dilma rousseff's leadership is just not competent enough to weed them out. al jazeera, rio. >>> let's talk about this, cross over to london and joining us from skype is head of the center of brazil at middle sex university and thanks for joining us and could this bring down the dilma rousseff administration? what impact is this going to have on the brazilian government? >> i think the bringing down the government would be with election coming forth or with evidence against lula and my understand and i follow this daily and have been doing this four years, so far there is accusations but no hard evidence of any kind and it's not found and i don't think it would be possible for the position to bring the government down and now with the government i think it's going to be less possible. >> so with allegations of corruption though and demonstrations against dilma rousseff and the amendment of lula de silva you say they don't ha

let's get more on brazil. morning. it looks increasingly like an impeachment is becoming the most certain bet. markets are priced a lot of this in already. once we get to the reality of that situation, how do investors react? >> we are already in the reality. as the gentleman said, it will probably take a couple of months . a little bit more than a couple of months if you look into the schedule of all of the phases of the impeachment process. days and weeks on each of these steps. if you go to the limit, in terms of if the government wants to allow you to -- allow you the total limit, we might stretch ourselves over until september or october. in general, the position has been very positive. the markets have taken the likelihood of impeachment as the green flag to finally increase the position. that goes to equities where we have an explosive rally over the past month and a half. in the fixed income side, we have been given with massive real rates in brazil. the trade for the best -- the past two years never really wor

now congress is discussing opening up brazil's oil industry to foreign countries. >> in brazil it's not very popular to open a strategy sector like oil to foreign companies. >> reporter: even if it is also the cause of the problem. >> yes. people think that foreign companies are going to rob us. >> reporter: economists say what has to change is the country's overreliance on the oil industry. brazil, they say has to find ways to diversify further, and it's officials have to learn to better manage government funds so essentials won't be left paying the price. >>> still to come on the news hour. all change? new zealanders have started voting in the final state of a referendum on whether to change their flag. >>> we'll tell you about the russian cyclist who despite falling went on to win gold. we'll have those details coming up in sports. ♪ ♪ >>> in new zealand people have begun voting in the final stage of a referendum on whether to change their national flag. the process is controversial, with many criticizing the cost and short-listed designs. >> reporter: brothers in arms, but divid

what it could mean for brazil's economy. are 90 minutes into the trading day in the united states, let's get over to the markets desk. julie hyman is here. julie: we are getting headlines from opec, its latest report on production, and opec is saying it is retaining its growth forecast. in the meantime, total february output from opec fell 175,000 barrels a day on iraq, nigeria, and uae. , theboosting its output biggest gain since 1997. all of this from this opec report. this comes on the heels of a report earlier today saying that interested in freezing production until it raises production more in line with its historical output. , couple of other things producers opting to pump with losses rather than stopping output contributed to that 2016 non-opec supply forecast becoming more uncertain. this is a monthly report that comes out from opec. there's outputt will fall in 2016, and we are watching oil on the back of all of these headlines. it already was lower for the day because of the iran news, continuing to fall. here yo

the worst recession in brazil in decades. about your perspective being an investor in the united states, looking at brazil. so much for an interest in this country when this story comes to a head. i was actually in brazil visiting investors just two weeks ago and the locals continue to be very cautious about the markets and very cautious about these developments, even though you have had a strong run in the markets since late january. foreign investors have generally been more interested in trying to make -- trying to pick som opportunities. our worry is that this market is up over 50% in dollar adjusted terms since late january. it has been at the forefront of this rally. that is the local of vespa, but a decent chunk is the rally in the currency here. getting pricedh in, and this equity market, especially with a weak economy, is also very expensive as far as we are concerned. overpriced, being your advice for investors, is a two step back and see what happens? people notre telling to chase the rally, generally in emerging m

government supporters take to the streets of brazil. and pakistan's government making moves to combat illegal logging and the so-called timber mafia. >> "inside story" takes you beyond the headlines, beyond the quick cuts, beyond the soundbites. we're giving you a deeper dive into the stories that are making our world what it is. >> a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera. a sued bomber has killed themselves and four others in an attack on a major shopping and tourist district in istanbul. tourish officials suspect fighters or isil are to blame. >>> russian investigators are trying to establish a cause for friday's plane crash which killed 62 people. and belgium prosecutors have charged one of the main paris attacks suspects with, quote, participation. terrorist organization. >>> hundreds of thousands of government supporters have been holding rallies in sao paolo. they were in response to anti-government protests which took place across brazil this week. da here are our reports. >> sao paolo is the heartland of the governor workers

sao paulo, brazil. with its crowded boulevards and massive skyscrapers, it seems as wealthy and sophisticated as any city in the world. sao paulo is unique among latin american cities. in the early part of the 20th century, when places like rio de janeiro copied traditional european styles of construction, sao paulo was following a distinctly american model of urbanism. imitating the forms of chicago and new york, sao paulo built upward, growing vertically very quickly. but in a huge ring around the central city lies a very different urban environment. here, stretching for miles, is a city of self-built structures in various stages of completion. they line hillsides and rocky streets where some of sao paulo's newest immigrants struggle to build homes from brick and cemen where some of sao paulo's alaide and her family came to sao paulo from northeastern brazil. ( alaide speaking portuguese ) translator: from there my father came first to work. thene came. i worked as a maid, my mother was a seamstress.

i live in brazil. being black in brazil makes believe your life last no value. i never believed that. i knew my people built this country. i became obsessed with comparing systems. once i got the chance to actually come here. being here is to be connected to african in some way whether it's the food you eat, the music you play, the no things come directly from your culture from west africa. brazil is home to the second largest group of, 90% of the population in salvador is black. the celebration of african culture is everywhere here, is really important to salvador. i'm really able to be myself in salvador. the level of freedom i have here is huge. i've developed an ease in my skin just living here. here everyone looks up to me. we're the majority. the connection between salvador and baltimore is very strong. salvador is a city full of black folk, poor folk, neglected by the government and gentrification is happening very fast here, just like happened in baltimore, ferguson. terrifying situation. right now we are in kabula, a site where 13 young black men were l

. >> hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets of brazil to demand the resignation of president dilma ru rousseff. she also faces impeachment proceedings. we have reports from sao paolo. >> in the largest gathering yet, demonstrators in brazil say they want it to be the last time they call for president dilma rousseff's impeachment. they're upset at the poor state of the economy, most of all they want an end to corruption and clean up of the government. >> numerous allegations have surfaced involving high-level politicians. last week rousseff's mentor, the former president, was charged by sao paolo prosecutors for allegedly hiding his wealth. during his presidency he was seen as a people's champion bringing millions out of poverty. now many here want to see him in jail. even more people came out than originally expected. organizers put that down, saying that he's an opportunistic politician, and he's being hailed as a national hero. >> millions came out including in rio de janeiro where the olympics will be held in august. other ruling parties say they're using this as

the stock market in brazil in bull market territory. manus: you have the brazilian market up over 20%. this is the close of his this on february 10 and this is the moment in time when the world changed. i love what they said yesterday, when the tax change, i change my mind. that is channeling keen. what we have here is a momentum change. the fed was tightening and oil was collapsing. jamie dimon was buying his own stock things have changed. we talked about this with hans reddick. 100 95000 and mr. delly of over at bridgewater says, i am not bearish on stocks so the question is where do you put your money to work? since there the moves 10th of february in stocks. let's talk what was happening overnight and bring our risk radar onto the screen and talk about how we have seen it moving into some emerging market assets. the korean currency had its biggest growth in five months. oilking in on the price of on nymex. how far into would reach $40 for the upside again? >> we have copper at the bottom. you can see copper extending its four-month

similar scenes across brazil. this is to counter act the huge opposition rally last sunday. there have been 3 million people demonstrating across brazil. a low turn out here would have been a catastrophe for the government. a large showing has polarized brazilian society. the opposition says it will respond repeating these protests, the biggest in recent history. indicating business ladders and major politicians. lieu is the man that this crowd, the government supporters, came to hear. >> translation: i'm not going into the government to fight. i'm going at the my colleague dilma rousseff to do what she needs to do for the country >> reporter: as he spoke the supreme court was blocking his aappointment to the cabinet >>> day 6 of the latest round of syrian talks in geneva and the focus shifts to a top level meeting between russia and the u.s. later this week. invoice stroi has had a meeting between john kerry and lavrov which could be crucial in reaching a meaningful deal. >> reporter: at the end of the first week

we will discuss brazil. scrambling tois stay in power. and we will look at brazilian markets. ♪ ♪ carol: "bloomberg markets", the brazilian president is fighting to stay in power. they are extending the third weekly gain, the longest rally since november credit and on a the 28th.sis since timee back with paul, last you were on, you are very bullish on brazil. how do you feel right now? guest: so far so good. the great thing about brazil, people are talking about the spiral, the numbers getting worse, that makes the fiscal numbers worse, it all deteriorates. but when you have a spiral like that, he can go the other way. this is rallying and that brings down that cost, people get more confident, interest rates come down. what we would love to see is a little bit of growth, because the growth position is dire. we are looking at a contraction of about three. -- 3.5%. carol: you need the government to be stable though, don't you? guest: well, they have corruption scandals. if you notice, the corruption scandal, every time we have a new hea

brazil is not immune to it before. so why is this one such a big deal? >> in some cases, yes, it does have to do with the quantity of money. one executive at petrobras, a relatively obscure, mid-level manager managed to take almost $100 million in bribes himself and had to give back almost all of that money as part of a plea deal. so the amounts involved are just astonishing. so even in a country like brazil which had been hardened in a sense to stories of corruption throughout carious levels of government, the petrobras scandal has just been astonishing for many people. >> sreenivasan: put this in economic context for us. what's happening to the economy now and why are people paying more attention to this scandal? >> well, the memories of brazil's incredible boom of the previous decade when, you know, the country really immerged on the global stage and won its bids to host the olympic games and world cup are really a thing of the past. the figures released just this week show that economy sh rank 3.8% in 2015, the worst economic plunge in 25 years, and

what do you make of the current debacle in brazil? vincent: we are not making any political assessment of the situation. most economies agree on the fact that we need some leadership change in brazil. we are nearer to this point now then a few months ago, so it's probably a good thing. looking from an investor's perspective, what we have seen this year are two important triggers to make the emerging market more appealing, stabilization of commodity prices and emerging-market currencies. the cost of hedging emerging-market currencies dropped substantially, which means we can make decent money both on themarkets, debt and equity side. we still need a few additional elements to be bullish on individual markets. momentum is growth missing in most countries, and this should turn into earnings momentum for the equity market. we are missing those elements at the moment, but looking back at the performance of assets, there's an inflection point for emerging markets already behind us. looking at the flows, we have strong momentum since the beg

he is credited for driving brazil's economic boom. the problem is, not many people are buying her line inform >> this time yesterday, we were talking about one injunction, we're now talking about what, 20-plus injunctions. is there any guarantee that those 20 other injunctions will get anyplace. if they are ignores one from yesterday, why would they take on board the idea of 20 injunctions being issued over the last couple of hours. >> exactly. what this is doing is just feeding into public sentiment. the public is seeing this play out. you are getting a lot of reaction. you are seeing protesters coming out into the streets. they are getting angrier and angrier. last night in sao paulo, people stayed overnight on the streets. saying they wouldn't leave until the president steps down. they have however, been cleared by the police now. lula supporters have also said that they will be taking to the streets this afternoon. what police are wanting to avoid is a clash between the two sides. >> margo thanks very much. some more breaking news

>>> >>> protests in brazil, tens of thousands call for the president to resign. we have the world news from al jazeera. also ahead criticism of a kurdish plan to declare an autonomous region in northern syria. president obama names his choice for the u.s. supreme court but republicans have vowed to block his nomination. we look at australia's aboriginal people who die younger and have higher mortality rates than their compatriots >>> protests are taking place across brazil demanding the resignation of the president. tens of thousands are on the streets of the city. they're angry over the appointment of her predecessor as chief of staff. critics say the move would shield him from prosecution in a corruption scandal. demonstrations have occurred outside the presidential palace in the capital. >> translation: my relationship with minimum is not one of powers or super powers. it is a solid relationship of two people who are building a project together. i am sorry he is coming, he is going to help, we're going to look at returning to growth, fiscal stability and contr

the form he president remains popular in brazil. many believe he will seek to return to office in 2018. marga ortigas reports. >> early on friday in a massive sweep that was broadcasted live on tv hundreds of armed police raided numerous properties across three brazilian states, brought if for question, luis silva, lula called it a sad day for brazilian democracy. >> all they had to do was tell me that they were coming but sadly they decided to act with presumptuous arrogance, in a show a spectacle of pyre technical 96s. pyrotechnics. >> i wanted to express my utter dissatisfaction with the tact that former president lula who repeatedly appeared on a voluntary basis is now subjected to an unnecessary coercive condition to present even more testimony. >>> kick backs from companies in exchange for contracts with petrobras. the investigation has been underway for two years. yesterday eduardo cuna is the first to face charges. >> paralyzed the government, many brazillians are disappointed at the ruling workers party, who under lula had

brazil's political crisis deepens as dilma rousseff partner walks out of government plus. >> cuba is a very small country with a disproportionately large number of ballet stars and i'm in havana at the national ballet school and i will tell you the secret of its success. ♪ after more than 50 years of military rule in myanmar power has passed to a mainly civilian government, at a ceremony in the capitol tin-chow sworn as president and she will be sworn this as foreign affairs and energy and over sea the president's office as well and she is barred from holding the top job of president and it is drafted by the military and going to someone whose children hold foreign passports but will have considerable influence and the 69-year-old cho is a close friend and we have more from the capitol. >> reporter: first elected president in a century and emotional for people in myanmar who suffered military rule for such a long time and the president is at loyal aid to chi who was constitutionally barred for running for the highest office because her children have foreign nationalities and during

al jazeera, brazil. >>> you can read much more about that story on our website, aljazeera.com. there you'll find the other top stories on al jazeera. aljazeera.com. >>> targeting trump, former nominee mitt romney calls him a phony and a fraud. >>> stranded and angry, greece unveils a plan to move thousands of refugees left waiting in the macedonia border. >> north korea fires short range missiles into the and he hours after hit with tougher u.n. sanctions.

the news continues next live from london. ♪ >>> a deepening crisis in brazil. a judge issues an injunction to block the appointment. >>> hello there. this is al jazeera live from london. also coming up. >>> nowhere to go. refugees wait on the greek macedonian border as eu leaders debate a deal to return them to turkey. >>> south africa's president is zuouted down in parliament.

but a social reality that brazil doesn't want to deal with. >> the situation has been aggravated. it has to do with equality, women's rights and social production for disability children and care takers. there's a lot of issues related to it. we have to talk about all of them together >>> main people feel there is not much talking being done. there's a lock of information and the health budget is cup. this woman says she wouldn't have chosen to have an abortion, but she'd like more support, and a solution to social issues that can no longer lie dormant. snoop venezuela's government increased the minimum wage by 50%. it's been suggested it's not enough to keep up with inflation. many workers can't afford the cost of living, sog barely have enough to survive. from caracas virginia lopez supports. >>> for this practicing lawyer, the only way to save life savings is to buy cars. in venezuela, a toxic mix of evaluation means that cash is worth legs. and assets like used cars, which are negotiated in dollars have become a way to save money. one has to find alternatives. the government i

the o limplympics are in brazil this summer. nbc 6 news. >>> still ahead, autopsy uncovered in a high-profile case. death is revealed. whitney houston's daughter may have died from several factors. >>>> tempers flare during a red light stop. driverscan't stop looking away from a fistfight into the middle of the road. =>> scott kelly talked about the experience and the importance of his mission. >>> sunset a little over an hour from now. this camera looking awesome already. this is our everglades holiday park cam. i think a lot of us >>> now to a story that has social media. today the medical examiner in atlanta revealed the official cause of bobbi kristina brown's death. according to the me, brown died from her face being immersed in water and drug intoxication. marijuana and morphine were found in her system along with medications used for sedation or to treat anxiety. she was found facedown and unresponsive in a bathtub last year and tiedied in hospice care months later. will always live in my heart and soul. i love my baby gi

the former president of brazil. the market reaction, coming up. ♪ vonnie: live from new york city and london i'll vonnie quinn. we will bring your attention to the fact the s&p has gone -- up halfup one -- a percent. mark: i am mark barton. this is the european close your the ex-president will speak from sao paulo at 2:00 p.m. massive bit of news coming out of brazil. hasformer president lula been detained by the police. they are investigating him. they are investigating payments to his organization. itsreal strengthens to highest level since november against the dollar. our executive editor of international governments is with us. what do we know? tightere net is getting around president lula. this is the most are matted tryst in a lot of ways in the two-year investigation into alleged bribery in european politics. he has not been arrested. he was detained for questioning. from what we could find out, he has been released. it is a dramatic day. mark: he was once called the most popular politician on earth. is he

. >>> anti-government demonstrations are continuing in brazil. one day after the president attempted to swear in former leader lula da silva to her cabinet. these water cannons were used on protesters just a short while ago. and on thursday night, the police used tear gas. full-scale demonstrations are planned to start across brazil in the coming hours. protesters are angered that he can't be prosecuted over a corruption scandal if he is working for the president. >> reporter: there is no end to the government's troubles, as soon as the president got an injunction overturned against lula being appointed to her cabinet, at least 20 other judges filed their own injuncti injunctions. they feel that the president is giving him this appointment to try to shield him from corruption charges, basically ministers here in brazil do not have -- or have ministerial immunity and can only be tried the supreme court. the president and former president are saying they are bei being persecuted and the judiciary is being unfair, and they are being personally targe