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Brazil: son of José Dirceu, convicted in Lava Jato and Mensalão, will lead the PT bench in the Chamber
After many negotiations, the PT chose congressman Zeca Dirceu (PR) as leader of the party in the Chamber until early 2025. From then on, he...
Convicted Mensalão Fugitive Brought Back to Brazil
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – After almost three years after being convicted of a vote-buying scandal known as mensalão, Henrique...
Mensalão Convict Dirceu Begins Work Release Program: Daily
By George Utley, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - José Dirceu, the former Chief of Staff to ex-President Lula da Silva's government imprisoned on...
Convicted Mensalão Fugitive Arrested in Italy: Daily
By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Henrique Pizzolato, the former marketing director of Banco do Brasil, was arrested by Italian...
Mensalão Convict Genoino Under House Arrest in Brazil
By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Federal deputy José Genoino was discharged from the Institute of the Heart in the...
Mensalão Prison Sentences Start in Brazil
By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Nearly half of the 25 high-ranking politicians and businessmen convicted in Brazil's landmark mensalão...
Prison for Mensalão Case Convicts: Daily
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Despite delays and appeals by convicted figures in the mensalão corruption scandal, the president of...
STF Approves Mensalão Retrial: Daily
By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Celso de Mello voted yesterday to approve the...
Mensalão Case Appeal Decision Tied: Daily
By Lisa Flueckiger, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Federal Supreme Court (STF) voted on the possible revision of up to twelve of...
STF Reviews Mensalão Sentences
By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - The Attorney General in Brazil petitioned the Federal Supreme Court (STF) not to...
Guilty Verdicts for Forming the Mensalão
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Supreme Court (STF) has found at least ten politicians and business figures guilty...
PT Warns of a Mensalão Smoke Screen
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilians in fifty cities, seventeen of which are state capitals - including São Paulo...
More Convictions in Mensalão Case: Daily
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Supreme Court (STF) in Brazil, deep in the middle of its long-running judgment...
Valério Implicates Lula in the Mensalao
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – The mensalão case, dubbed the “trial of the century,” moves into its most politically significant phase...