Opinion: “PEC da Bengala” or, the “Cane Mutiny”
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Curmudgeon will today focus on two closely related topics: (1)...
March 13, 2015Topic
STF
Opinion: Packing the Court, a Bovine Smidgen
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Traditionally, the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) was largely exempt from political...
March 11, 2015
Imprisoned Mensaleiros Fundraise to Pay Fines
Supporters of high-ranking members of the Workers' Party (PT) condemned in the landmark mensalão trial have set up crowdfunding websites...
February 18, 2014
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, 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