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
Trial
Brazil’s Court Starts Trial to Annul Rousseff-Temer Ticket
If irregularities in campaign funding are found to be true, President Michel Temer could be ousted from the Presidency.
June 6, 2017
Brazil Courts Delay Decision that Could Remove Temer
If judges accept charges that the Rousseff-Temer ticket used illegal money to fund its 2014 campaign, election will be annulled...
April 5, 2017
Brazil’s Boa Esporte Signs Ex-Flamengo Keeper and Convicted Murderer
The Boa Esporte Football Club from Minas Gerais draws heavy criticism from across Brazilian sports world for signing Bruno Fernandes,...
March 13, 2017
Impeached Rousseff Still Able to Hold Political Office in Brazil
According to critics with the impeachment the former president should be barred from holding a public position for eight years.
September 2, 2016
Analysts Doubt Rousseff’s Impeachment will Fix Brazil
Analysts say President Michel Temer will be able to implement many of the required reforms, but he won’t be able...
August 31, 2016
Brazil’s Rousseff Asks Senators to Vote With Their Conscience
Suspended president says what is at stake is social gains obtained during the thirteen years the PT party was in...
August 30, 2016
Brazil’s Rousseff Takes Stand in Her Impeachment Trial
Maintaining her innocence, Rousseff has said that her impeachment trial is also a trial of the country’s democracy system.
August 29, 2016
Final Phase of Rousseff’s Impeachment Trial to Start in Brazil
Suspended President Dilma Rousseff is scheduled to go before the Senate next Monday and try to defend her actions.
August 24, 2016