The 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, 2013Topic
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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
The Curmudgeon on Deputy Don
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Eric Clapton wrote a famous song entitled “I shot the sheriff”...
September 3, 2013
Without Royalties Rio Faces Budget Cuts
Municipalities that depend on revenue from oil royalties in the state of Rio have begun anticipating revenue losses as they...
March 26, 2013
200,000 Protest in Rio for Oil Royalties
An estimated 200,000 people have taken to the streets of Rio in protest demanding President Rousseff veto a bill which...
November 27, 2012
Prison System in Brazil Criticized: Daily
The Minister of Justice and the Justices of the Federal Supreme Court roundly criticized the Brazilian prison system during Wednesday’s...
November 15, 2012
Ex-Chief of Staff José Dirceu Jailed: Daily
Brazil's Supreme Court has sentenced ex-Chief of Staff José Dirceu to nearly eleven years in prison for corruption crimes relating...
November 13, 2012