Brazil’s Rousseff Vetoes Law Allowing for Corporate Donations
The issue has been a point of disagreement between the Chamber of Deputies, the Senate and the Supreme Court.
September 30, 2015Topic
Supreme Court
Brazil’s Supreme Court to Decide Decriminalization of Drugs
The Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether prohibition is unconstitutional and establish who would be considered a user...
August 10, 2015
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
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
Valério Implicates Lula in the Mensalao
As the mensalão moves this week into its most politically significant phase, Marcos Valério has claimed the scheme reached the...
September 18, 2012
Mensalão Case Condemns 3 More: Daily
A majority in the Supreme Court has found three of the four mensalão defendants connected to the Banco Rural guilty...
September 7, 2012
Mensalão Trial Votes on 4 Defendants: Daily
It is expected that the first verdicts of the mensalão will be announced Monday afternoon, August 20th, when the case...
August 20, 2012
Mensalão Corruption Trial Begins in Brazil
Brazil’s Supreme Court began to hear the huge cash-for-votes corruption case that threatens to tarnish former President Lula’s and Workers’...
August 7, 2012
Court Stops Vale’s US$4.1B Railway: Daily
A US$4.1 billion project has been stopped as the world’s largest iron ore producer, Vale, was forced to suspend work...
August 7, 2012