Brazil’s Supreme Court Decides Covid-19 Vaccine Can Be Compulsory
The Federal Supreme Court (STF) justices decided on Thursday that vaccination against Covid-19 should be compulsory in the country.
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“The Toffoli Factor”: a Cautionary Tale From Brazil | Rio Times
[caption id="attachment_224154" align="alignleft" width="150"] Michael Royster, aka The Curmudgeon.[/caption] Opinion, by Michael Royster SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – In 1974, Paraguayan...
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Opinion: Is Sergio Moro “Too Big to Fail”?
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May 17, 2019
Opinion | The Toffoli Factor, Revisited
The Toffoli factor, Revisited Opinion, by Michael Royster SÃO PAULO, SP - In April 2018, the Curmudgeon criticized votes by...
April 19, 2019Opinion: Brazil’s Supreme Court Enters the Political Thicket
Today, February 21st, Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) will continue discussing and (possibly) voting on an extremely political question: Should “homophobia”...
February 21, 2019Opinion: Brazil’s Fatally Fractured STF (Federal Supreme Court)
Wednesday, December 19th, was the date of the last plenary session of STF - Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court - in...
December 21, 2018
Brazilian Judge Denies in Single Day 143 Petitions to Free Lula
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The president of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ),...
July 12, 2018Opinion: Packing Brazil’s Supreme Court?
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Just as football was threatening to steal all the headline space...
July 5, 2018
Brazil STF Absolves Hoffmann from Lava Jato Charges
By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Second Panel of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) voted...
June 20, 2018