Brazil Appellate Court Rejects Lula’s Bid to Avoid Prison
Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (STJ) unanimously rejected Lula's habeas corpus petition that would have prevented the former leader from...
March 7, 2018Topic
Supreme Court
Brazil’s Lower House Decides President Temer’s Fate, Again
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Accused by Brazil’s former top prosecutor, Rodrigo Janot, for conspiracy...
October 25, 2017
Brazil’s Supreme Court Releases Olympic Chief, Carlos Nuzman
Nuzman is charged with participating in a scheme to bribe International Olympic Committee members into voting Rio as the 2016...
October 20, 2017
Brazil’s Senate Revokes Court Decision, Reinstates Aecio Neves
The former presidential hopeful's suspension for corruption caused tension between Brazil's Supreme Court and Congress' Upper House
October 18, 2017
Decisive Week For Brazil’s President Temer, and Neves
While a Lower House commission decides on charges against the President, the Senate is likely to reverse the suspension against...
October 16, 2017
Brazil Votes that Only Congress Can Remove One of Their Own
The Brazilian Supreme Court decided that sitting lawmakers can not be removed from office without the endorsement of the Congress.
October 12, 2017
Brazil’s Supreme Court Rules on Charges Against Temer
Court to decide if it suspends charges against President Michel Temer for obstruction of justice and being part of a...
September 20, 2017
Brazil’s Temer Tries to Bar Top Prosecutor from Investigations
Last month, Janot charged President Temer with the crime of passive corruption, but defense attorneys claim bias by prosecutor.
August 9, 2017
Brazil’s President Temer Rebukes Corruption Charges
President tells journalists that the charges of passive corruption against him are ‘fiction’ with no legal basis.
June 28, 2017