Brazil–United States relations

Former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff left the presidential palace in Brasilia last week and boarded a plane for her adopted home city of Porto Alegre. She leaves behind a successor who risks indictment for far worse offences than the ones that brought her down, and a country that has lost its right to a place among the BRICS.

Brazil "forgives" U.S. for spying on president

BRASILIA -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Friday spoke with U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden during her inauguration.

During the meeting, they spoke in favor of closer cooperation between the two countries, said reports.