Opinion: Zanin’s appointment to the STF – judicial independence and the influence of Lula’s PT party in Brazil
(Opinion) The inauguration of Cristiano Zanin as a Justice of the Supreme Federal Court (STF) on August 3, 2023, has...
August 3, 2023Topic
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Cristiano Zanin appointed member of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court
Cristiano Zanin, aged 47, a former lawyer, is set to be inaugurated as a minister of the Supreme Federal Court...
August 3, 2023
Bolsonaro appeals his disqualification to Brazil’s Supreme Court
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, disqualified from running for public office until 2030 by the Electoral Justice, has announced his...
July 1, 2023
Brazilian Senate approves Cristiano Zanin as Supreme Court Justice with 58 votes
Cristiano Zanin has been approved by the Senate on Wednesday (June 21) as a new Justice of the Federal Supreme...
June 21, 2023
Brazil’s Supreme Court charges additional 70 individuals over alleged coup attempt against President Lula
In a majority decision yesterday, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil, the nation's controversial highest judicial body, indicted and...
June 10, 2023
Former Brazilian President Collor de Mello sentenced to more than 8 years in jail
The former Brazilian president, Fernando Collor de Mello (1990-1992), was sentenced yesterday, Wednesday, to eight years and 10 months
June 1, 2023
Brazil’s Supreme Court prosecutes another 250 Brazilian spring protesters for attacks on State Powers
The Supreme Federal Court (STF) of Brazil reported yesterday that by the majority, it decided to prosecute another 250 Brazilian...
May 8, 2023
Controversial Justice claims in Boston that Brazilian Supreme Court is not ‘extremely activist’: “myth”
Luís Roberto Barroso, considered one of the most aggressive and controversial Justices of the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF), rejected
April 3, 2023
“The far right has captured the social networks,” says Brazil’s censorship czar Moraes in defending regulation
The controversial Supreme Court Justice blamed the "far right" in the US for creating an environment in which social networks...
April 1, 2023