Chief Prosecutor Janot Requests Investigation of 320 in Brazil
Rodrigo Janot asks Supreme Court to authorize investigation of 5 cabinet members, 7 Congressmen and two former presidents in Lava...
March 15, 2017Topic
Supreme Court
Brazil’s Supreme Court Accepts Temer’s Cabinet Nominee
Moreira Franco's appointment as Secretariat General shields him from possible prosecution by lower courts in Lava Jato case.
February 15, 2017
Decisive Week for Brazil’s Supreme Court, Congress
While Brazil's Chief Justice will choose who will take over the Lava Jato cases Congressional representatives choose both Chamber and...
February 1, 2017
Brazil’s Supreme Court to Receive Plea Bargaining Accords
As many as two hundred politicians from all political parties maybe named by Odebrecht executives as being involved in the...
December 19, 2016
Brazil’s Supreme Court Overturns Senate Speaker Decision
Brazil’s Supreme Court Overturns Senate Speaker. Expert brazil supreme court analysis and reporting from The Rio Times. Latest brazil supreme...
December 8, 2016
Ousting of Brazil’s Senate Speaker Another Blow to Government
Removal of Renan Calheiros from Senate Presidency by Supreme Court is likely to delay Congressional approval of President Michel Temer's...
December 6, 2016
Heavy Criticism for Brazil’s Modified Anti-Corruption Bill
For federal prosecutors the bill's approval may signal 'the beginning of the end' of the Lava Jato investigations.
December 1, 2016
Opinion: Brazil’s Rural Culture Diminished
Opinion, by Michael Royster RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Most Cariocas don’t know that Brazil’s second most popular spectator sport...
October 12, 2016
Eduardo Cunha, Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies Speaker Resigns
Eduardo Cunha says he came under attack after he accepted impeachment charges against now suspended President Dilma Rousseff.
July 8, 2016