Mensalão Convict Genoino Under House Arrest in Brazil
Federal deputy José Genoino was discharged from the Institute of the Heart in Brasília on Sunday and is now under...
November 26, 2013Topic
Mensalão
Genoino Leaves Prison for Hospital: Daily
Federal deputy José Genoino, convicted during mensalão trial, fell ill on Thursday and was transferred from prison in Brasilia to...
November 22, 2013
Mensalão Prison Sentences Start in Brazil
Nearly half of the 25 high-ranking politicians and businessmen convicted in Brazil's landmark mensalão trial started serving their prison sentences...
November 19, 2013
Prison for Mensalão Case Convicts: Daily
Despite delays and appeals by convicted figures in the mensalão corruption scandal, the Supremo Tribunal Federal's Joaquim Barbosa to enforce...
November 15, 2013
The Curmudgeon on the Litmus Test
In American politics, it is common for appointees to the Supreme Court to be asked about their position on certain...
October 1, 2013The Curmudgeon on “Infringing Embargos”
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Readers of The Rio Times will be pardoned if, even though...
September 24, 2013
STF Approves Mensalão Retrial: Daily
Brazil's Supreme Court Justice (STF) Celso de Mello voted yesterday to approve the motion to reconsider the court's decision in...
September 19, 2013
Mensalão Case Appeal Decision Tied: Daily
The Federal Supreme Court (STF) voted on the possible revision of twelve of its sentences in the mensalão vote-buying case....
September 13, 2013
STF Reviews Mensalão Sentences
Brazil's Attorney General petitioned the Supreme Court not to issue new verdicts for the former high-ranking government officials convicted in...
September 10, 2013