Tag: Augusto Aras

• Tuesday, April 4th 2023 - 09:13 UTC

  No statute of limitations wanted for Brazilian enslavers

  

  Brazil's Attorney General Augusto Aras Monday filed a request before the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to make the crime of “labor analogous to slavery” uneligible for a statute of limitations, which is a constitutional guarantee for defendants, but it is not absolute.

• Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 08:41 UTC

  Brazilian Senate agrees to two more years of Augusto Aras as Attorney General

  

  Brazil's Senate Tuesday approved by 55 votes against 10 and one abstention in a secret ballot to extend Augusto Aras' tenure as Attorney General for two more years.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2020 - 08:32 UTC

  Brazilian Attorney General Office investigating hospital invasions by Bolsonaro supporters

  

  Brazil's Attorney General has called for an investigation into several invasions of hospitals in the country after its President called on Brazilians to inspect the conditions of medical wards treating Covid-19 patients.

• Sunday, September 8th 2019 - 12:08 UTC

  Nomination of Brazilian top public prosecutor rejected by his peers

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Thursday that he picked Augusto Aras to be the country’s new top public prosecutor, succeeding Raquel Dodge when her two-year term ends in two weeks.