Brazil’s left-wing loses a procedural battle over Bolsonaro’s impeachment
Justice Cármen Lúcia of the Supreme Court of Justice (STF) rejected a mandate request in which federal deputy Rui Falcão...
July 21, 2021Topic
Brazil Supreme Court
In private conversation, Brazil’s Chief Justice warned Bolsonaro against attacks on STF
Brazil's Chief Justice privately warns Bolsonaro against attacks on the Supreme Court. The behind-the-scenes tensions in Brazilian politics.
July 16, 2021
STF Justice Fachin sees signs of “arbitrary executions” in Rio police operation
Justice Edson Fachin, one of the members of Brazil's Supreme Court, on Friday described as "serious" the allegations of abuses...
May 8, 2021
Appalled protesters demand justice for 25 lives lost in police operation in Rio de Janeiro
Demonstrators from the favela of Jacarezinho gathered this Friday in front of the Civil Police facilities in Rio de Janeiro...
May 7, 2021
Police operation causes “the biggest massacre in the history of Rio de Janeiro”
Two subway passengers were injured this morning, May 6th, inside a train of Line 2, at the Triagem station in...
May 6, 2021
Brazil’s Supreme Court confirms that former judge Moro was biased in Lula trial
The majority of Brazil's Supreme Court justices confirmed Thursday that former judge Sergio Moro did not act with "impartiality" in...
April 22, 2021
Bolsonaro accuses Supreme Court Justice of “political activism” against his government
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Friday responded harshly to a Supreme Court justice who ordered the Senate to investigate his...
April 9, 2021
Analysis: Why has Brazil’s new STF Justice forbidden the prohibition of religious services during pandemic?
On Saturday, April 3, just before Easter Sunday, Justice Kassio Nunes Marques, President Bolsonaro’s most recent appointee to Brazil’s Supreme...
April 4, 2021
Lula 2022 hopes brighten as Brazil’s top court eyes vote to toss graft evidence
A day after Brazil’s leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had his graft convictions overturned, he may see...
March 9, 2021