Tag: Carmen Lucia

• Thursday, September 11th 2025 - 20:21 UTC

  Brazil: STF reaches decisive 3-1 score to convict Bolsonaro and his allies

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) achieved on Thursday an unsurmountable 3-1 score to convict former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven other defendants in the so-called “Coup d'état” case following the Jan. 8, 2023, riots at the headquarters of all three branches of Government in Brasilia.

• Wednesday, May 8th 2024 - 10:34 UTC

  Brasil: Cármen Lúcia to replace Alexandre De Moraes as TSE Chief Justice

  

  Cármen Lúcia has been slated to succeed Alexandre De Moraes as Chief Justice of Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) starting June 3. It will be Lúcia's second term in the post. In 2012 she became the first woman ever to hold that office. Her term will span through 2026. The TSE is made up of at least seven justices, three from the Supreme Federal Court (STF), two from the Superior Court of Justice (STJ), and two lawyers.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Lula's habeas corpus request postponed with no date set

  

  The Brazilian Supreme Court postponed on Monday the voting for the habeas corpus request of Brazil's former president Lula da Silva. Supreme Court Judge Carmen Lucia took off the review for the habeas corpus from the schedule for Tuesday, and a new date has not been set.

• Monday, April 30th 2018 - 07:53 UTC

  Temer again suspends Asian tour: a ports' investigation has the president nervous

  

  Brazilian president Michel Temer was again forced to suspend a trip to Asia which was scheduled for next week. The head of state had originally planned to travel last January but had to suspend it following on medical advice.

• 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.

• Wednesday, March 14th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

  Temer makes informal visit to Supreme Tribunal chief at her residence

  

  A controversial visit and meeting of two branches of government, on Saturday, was reported in the Brazilian media. In effect last Saturday afternoon president Michel Temer made a visit to the head of the Federal Supreme Tribunal Carmen Lucia at her residence, and “was not conducted as part of the President’s official schedule”.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2013 - 04:58 UTC

  Brazil: understanding with Congress to hold a reforms’ plebiscite on 7 September

  

  The Brazilian executive apparently has reached an understanding with the presidents of the Senate and the Lower House, Renan Calheiros and Henrique Eduardo Alves for a plebiscite with several questions referred to changes in electoral and party legislation, and eventually the Constitution relative to the political organization of South America’s largest country and powerhouse.