Opinion: Brazil’s Lava Jato: Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Thursday, March 22nd Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) held a vote...
March 25, 2018Topic
Lula
Brazil’s Court Blocks Lula’s Possible Imprisonment for Ten Days
Supreme Court grants the former leader an injunction which prevents Lula from being arrested until it can rule on his...
March 23, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Unique “Presumption of Innocence” Part III
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO - Previous segments of this abstruse essay have dealt with the unusual nature...
March 22, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Unique “Presumption of Innocence” Part I
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Today’s column is likely to be considered “wonky” by many, but...
March 14, 2018
Brazil Appellate Court Rejects Lula’s Bid to Avoid Prison
Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (STJ) unanimously rejected Lula's habeas corpus petition that would have prevented the former leader from...
March 7, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Political Parties, Part II
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Why does the Curmudgeon focus on Brazil’s political parties now? First...
February 2, 2018
Upheld Verdict for Brazil’s Lula May Keep Him From Presidency
The Ficha Limpa bill states that those convicted of crimes are not eligible to run for public office which may...
January 25, 2018 Opinion: Brazil’s Democracy and Lula
Opinion by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Yesterday a three-judge panel of the Federal Court of Appeals (TRF)...
January 25, 2018
Brazil’s Lula Denies Wrongdoing as Court Decides Appeal
"I doubt that this country has had a more honest leader than I,” said former president Lula on the eve...
January 24, 2018