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Lord Acton and the Gang of Four
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As this is written, the Justices of the Brazilian Supreme Court (“STF”), in the final stages...
Ex-Chief of Staff José Dirceu Jailed: Daily
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Supreme Court, the STF, has sentenced ex-Chief of Staff José Dirceu to ten...
Throw the Rascals Out! Throw the Rascals In!
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – “Throw the rascals out!” This cry has been heard for years in U.S. politics, meaning that...
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...
The Curmudgeon on the Gang of Four (Part III)
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – As this is written, the Justices of the Brazilian Supreme Court (“STF”) are now in the...
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...
Brazil in Second Round of 2012 Elections
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Nine state capital cities in Brazil have now elected their mayors in the first...
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...
Mass Gay Wedding Held in São Paulo: Daily
By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Forty-seven same-sex couples have “married” in São Paulo in a mass ceremony witnessed by hundreds of...
The Curmudgeon on Don’t ask, Don’t tell!
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Those following the Curmudgeon’s “mensalão” maunderings have noticed he closes by asking: “Did Lula know?” And...
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...
Mensalão Case Condemns 3 More: Daily
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – A majority in the Supreme Court has found three of the four mensalão defendants connected to...
The Curmudgeon on Packing The Supreme Court
Opinion, by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In 1937, when the Supreme Court of the United States was refusing to find constitutional many...
Belo Monte Dam Work Resumes: Daily
By Lucy Jordan, Senior Contributing Reporter
BRASÍLIA, BRAZIL – The Supremo Tribunal Federal (Supreme Court, STF) on Monday declared that work could resume on the...