Tag: Brazil's Supreme Court

• Thursday, December 17th 2015 - 03:53 UTC

  Brazil Justices delay until Thursday decision on impeachment procedure against president Rousseff

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court delayed until Thursday a crucial decision related to a procedural question in a case that could lead to President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment. The decision, originally scheduled for Wednesday, was postponed after the court ran out of time. “Tomorrow we'll stay as long as necessary,” said Chief Justice Ricardo Lewandowski.

• Saturday, September 12th 2015 - 11:05 UTC

  Police want to question Lula da Silva on Petrobras; request to the Supreme Court

  

  Brazilian police have asked the Supreme Court for permission to question former president Lula da Silva, who they say may have benefited from the corruption scandal roiling state oil giant Petrobras.

• Thursday, March 19th 2015 - 07:42 UTC

  Brazilian opposition insists Supreme Court must investigate Rousseff

  

  Brazil's opposition has announced that it will ask the Supreme Federal Court to investigate President Dilma Rousseff for the Petrobras corruption scandal in which her party's treasurer Joao Vacari is also implicated.

• Saturday, March 7th 2015 - 07:41 UTC

  Petrobras corruption: Supreme Court approves investigation of 54 politicians

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court late Friday approved an investigation of dozens of top politicians, including a former president and leaders of congress, for alleged connections to what they call the biggest graft scheme ever uncovered in the country which has the largest economy in Latin America.

• Friday, May 30th 2014 - 03:41 UTC

  Brazil's leading anti-corruption Justice announces he is stepping down

  

  Supreme Court Chief Justice Joaquim Barbosa, who with an iron hand presided over a well-known corruption trial that resulted in important politicians going to jail, will step down from the bench this year, Brazil's Senate leader said Thursday.

• Thursday, November 14th 2013 - 18:17 UTC

  Brazil politics fat cats to jail confirms the Supreme Court in landmark judgment

  

  In a landmark judgment, Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld more than a dozen jail terms handed down in a political corruption scandal which broke in 2005.

• Thursday, September 19th 2013 - 08:04 UTC

  Brazil’s Supreme Court reopens country’s biggest corruption trial

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court has narrowly ruled in favour of reopening the country's biggest corruption trial. The court agreed that 12 of 25 people convicted in a scheme using public funds to pay parties for political support could have appeals heard.