Tag: Alexandre de Moraes

• Thursday, January 5th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Judge De Moraes seizes passports of Bolsonarist journalists

  

  Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes ordered the seizure of the passports belonging to Jovem Pan radio reporters Rodrigo Constantino and Paulo Figueiredo, who are well-known for their allegiance to former President Jair Bolsonaro and are under investigation for spreading fake news and for their alleged involvement in the demonstrations calling for a coup d'état.

• Thursday, December 29th 2022 - 10:21 UTC

  Guns banned in Brasilia during the taking office ceremony of Lula da Silva

  

  Brasilia is on high alert ahead of January first when the president-elect takes office. The Supreme Court has ruled that gun carrying in the Brazilian capital would be banned temporarily until after the swearing-in of Lula da Silva.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 19:35 UTC

  Brazil: De Moraes hopes abstention will be smaller next Sunday

  

  Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Chief Justice Alexandre De Moraes Thursday launched an appeal on all citizens to cast their votes during next Sunday's runoff pitting incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro against the former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva.

• Thursday, October 27th 2022 - 10:54 UTC

  TSE gives thumbs down to Bolsonaro's electoral ad fraud allegations

  

  Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Wednesday rejected a petition from incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro's campaign team that alleged irregularities in the broadcast of radio electoral propaganda be investigated.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2022 - 10:07 UTC

  Free transportation can be arranged for Brazilian voters

  

  Brazilian voters may have access to free public transportation for the Oct. 30 presidential runoff pitting incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro against the former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, Federal Supreme Court (STF) Justice Luís Roberto Barroso ruled Tuesday.

• Thursday, August 25th 2022 - 19:26 UTC

  Voters carrying cell phones into booths may be arrested, Brazil's TSE rules

  

  Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Thursday issued a plenum ruling banning the use of cell phones within voting booths in the October presidential elections, even if the device is turned off.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  De Moraes takes over as Brazil's TSE Chief Justice

  

  Alexandre De Moraes Tuesday received a standing ovation after his speech in defense of democracy upon becoming Brazil's Superior Electoral Court Chief Justice.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  Tense moments mark ceremony at Brazil's TSE

  

  Brazilian former Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (PT), Dilma Rousseff (PT), Michel Temer (MDB), and José Sarney (MDB) Tuesday sat opposite the incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and the members of the Supreme Federal Court as Alexandre De Moraes was sworn in Tuesday as the Superior Electoral Court's new Chief Justice.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Bolsonaro sees himself jailed after leaving office, “like Áñez”

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said from Orlando in the United States that he feared he might end up like former Bolivia's Jeanine Áñez when he leaves office.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 22:18 UTC

  Bolsonaro files STF complaint against Justice De Moraes

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has filed a complaint against Justice Alexandre de Moraes before the very Federal Supreme Court (STF) of which the magistrate is a member for the way he has handled the case known as “digital militias” in which the head of state is under investigation for his alleged involvement in the dissemination of fake news.