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, 2012Topic
Supreme Court
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
TSE Supreme Court on Ficha Limpa: Daily
Minister Cármen Lúcia, president of the Superior Electoral Court (TSE), said that the court “no longer tolerates Corruption. We have...
July 15, 2012
Brazil Approves Same-Sex Unions
The Supreme Court voted ten to zero to recognize same-sex unions.
May 10, 2011
Politicians vs Anti-Corruption Law
By Sibel Tinar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – As the official campaign for the upcoming Brazilian elections begins, the...
July 13, 2010
Journalism Law Reforms in Brazil
By Philip Sever, Contributing Reporter [caption id="attachment_2912" align="alignleft" width="189" caption="Celso Schroder of the National Federation of Journalists (NFJ), photo by...
May 12, 2009