Brazil

Saturday, April 7th 2018 - 02:43 UTC
Brazilian judge fines Facebook US$ 34m for failing to cooperate in graft probe

Brazilian judge has ordered that Facebook Inc pay 111.7 million Reais (US$ 33.4 million) for failing to cooperate with a corruption investigation, federal prosecutors said on Thursday, prompting Facebook to say it was exploring “all legal options.”
Friday, April 6th 2018 - 16:23 UTC
Lula resists arrest deadline waiting for last minute habeas corpus filed at an appeals court

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told Folha de Sao Paulo early Friday that he has decided not to turn himself at the Federal Police in Curitiba where he must serve a 12-year prison sentence for corruption, as ordered by judge Sergio Moro.
Friday, April 6th 2018 - 09:03 UTC
Brazilian judge fines Facebook US$ 34m for failing to cooperate in graft probe

Brazilian judge has ordered that Facebook Inc pay 111.7 million Reais (US$ 33.4 million) for failing to cooperate with a corruption investigation, federal prosecutors said on Thursday, prompting Facebook to say it was exploring “all legal options.”
Friday, April 6th 2018 - 07:47 UTC
Lula expected to continue campaigning from jail as the Workers Party readies a Plan B and option candidate

Even when Brazilian ex president Lula da Silva was described as facing Judge Sergio Moro's Friday jailing decision calmly, the big question now is what follows for the presidential candidate and the Workers Party chances ahead of the coming October presidential election.
Friday, April 6th 2018 - 07:28 UTC
Lula has until Friday afternoon to start a prison sentence for corruption

Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, front runner in Brazil’s October presidential elections, was given 24 hours on Thursday to surrender to police and start a 12-year prison sentence for corruption. The timing of the order from Judge Sergio Moro, head of Brazil’s huge “Car Wash” anti-graft probe, took Lula’s lawyers by complete surprise. They had been expecting to use legal maneuvers to delay the start of prison at least until next week.
Thursday, April 5th 2018 - 09:16 UTC
Supreme Court rejects Lula's petition: must start prison term

The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil (STF) decided to reject the judicial appeal filed by former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to appeal while in freedom to a sentence for corruption that remains pending, so the former president should enter the prison and begin compliance of the sentence.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 09:24 UTC
Brazil's conundrum: Army chief twits “good citizens repudiate impunity and respect the Constitution”

The commander of Brazil's army added tension on the eve of a Supreme Court decision on whether former President Lula da Silva should be allowed to exhaust his appeals process before being sent to jail for a corruption conviction.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:42 UTC
Brazil extends oil and gas surveying in southern Campos and Santos Basins

Geoscience data for oil and gas exploration and production company, TGS said it has obtained the Brazil Southern Basins SeaSeep project in the Campos and Santos Basins, offshore Brazil.
Wednesday, April 4th 2018 - 08:21 UTC
Supreme Tribunal vote on Lula's political future will divide Brazil: calls for calm to avoid social disorder

Brazil's top court could rule as soon as this Wednesday whether former President Lula da Silva can stay out of prison while appealing a corruption conviction, a decision that could radically alter October's presidential election in Latin America's largest nation.
Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 18:56 UTC
The Kirchners' most trusted official caught in the Odebrecht corruption web

An Argentine judge has charged ex president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner former planning minister in a case involving Brazilian company Odebrecht. Argentina's official Judicial Information Center says that Julio De Vido was charged Tuesday with carrying out incompatible deals while in public office.