Brazilian Judge Orders Arrest of Italian Fugitive Cesare Battisti
Brazilian Federal Supreme Court Justice (STF) Luiz Fux ordered on Thursday the immediate arrest of Italian national, Cesare Battisti, sentenced...
December 14, 2018Topic
Supreme Court
Temer Approves Pay Raises for Supreme Court Justices in Brazil
President Michel Temer sanctioned on Monday (November 26th) the polemic wage increase of Brazil’s Supreme Court Justices as well as...
November 27, 2018
Presidential Candidate’s Son Threatens to Close Brazil’s Supreme Court
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Tensions continued high on Monday over the controversial video...
October 23, 2018
Economists Pessimistic with Brazil’s Presidential Election Outcome
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With ten days before the first round of presidential...
September 27, 2018
Brazil’s Supreme Court Rejects Closing Border with Venezuela
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Supreme Court Justice Rosa Weber rejected on Monday night...
August 7, 2018
Brazil Holds Public Hearing on Decriminalization of Abortion
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Supreme Court started to hear arguments Friday morning...
August 3, 2018
Brazil’s CADE Opposed to Freight Transport Price Minimum
By Lise Alves RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s CADE (anti-trust agency) announced on Monday it is opposed to the...
June 19, 2018
Brazil’s Anti-Corruption Judge Backs Out of Presidential Race
Barbosa came into the political limelight during the mensalão scandal, by sending to jail leading politicians for corruption, money laundering...
May 9, 2018
Brazil’s Supreme Court Limits Lawmakers’ Jurisdiction Privileges
Decision by Justices to only hear cases which crime was committed during lawmaker's mandate may reduce some of the impunity...
May 4, 2018