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Montevideo, May 24th 2025 - 02:25 UTC

Tag: Fernando Collor de Melo

  • Friday, May 2nd 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    De Moraes grants house arrest to former President Collor de Melo

    De Moraes found Collor's health ailments proven and therefore his house arrest was in order

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Alexandre De Moraes allowed Thursday former President Fernando Collor de Melo to serve his 8-year, 10-month sentence under house arrest, citing humanitarian grounds. The decision follows a defense request citing Collor's “chronic health conditions,” including “sleep apnea, Parkinson's disease, and bipolar disorder”—as well as his “advanced age of 75.” Collor must wear an “electronic monitoring device” and can only receive visits from his legal team.

  • Thursday, June 1st 2023 - 10:27 UTC

    Former Brazilian President Collor sentenced to nearly 9 years for corruption

    Former president Collor will not be arrested immediately because he may still appeal the ruling

    Former Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Melo was sentenced by the Supreme Federal Court (STF) to 8 years and 10 months in jail Tuesday for having received some US$4 million to “irregularly facilitate contracts” between a construction company and a Petrobras subsidiary.

  • Friday, May 26th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

    Brazil: All STF members to decide on Collor's sentence

    Justice Fachin understood that those who voted for Collor's acquittal could not decide on the length of the sentence. But his view was overruled.

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Thursday decided that all of its justices will vote on May 31 on the length of the sentence to be imposed on former Senator and President Fernando Collor de Melo, who has been found guilty of passive corruption and money laundering in Operation Lava Jato, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, August 5th 2017 - 07:55 UTC

    Mercosur foreign ministers will discuss the Venezuela situation in Brazil

    Brazilian foreign minister Aloysio Nunes, will host the meeting when Mercosur will decide if to implement, or not, the Democratic Clause

    Mercosur foreign ministers are scheduled to meet this Saturday in Sao Paulo to decide on to how to address latest events in Venezuela, the fifth member of the group which remains suspended, and so far has not replied to calls to cancel the constituent assembly procedure and attempt some form of dialogue with the political opposition.

  • Monday, October 24th 2016 - 17:55 UTC

    Brazil congressional police arrested accused of obstruction of justice

    Senator Calheiros stated that “congressional police acts as prescribed by the Constitution, the legal rules, and the Senate's administrative regulations.”

    Authorities say they have arrested four Congressional police agents posted inside Brazil's Senate for allegedly obstructing an investigation into lawmakers' suspected involvement in the corruption-kickback scheme at state-owned oil company Petrobras. Federal police said in a statement that those arrested Friday include Pedro Carvalho, head of the Senate police, which is a distinct agency.

  • Wednesday, August 31st 2016 - 20:29 UTC

    Brazil's political system confirms President Temer, removes 'outsider' Rousseff

    The Senate voted 61 to 20 the “foretold death” conviction of Rousseff on charges of manipulating the budget in an effort to conceal mounting economic problems.

    The Brazilian Senate on Wednesday midday impeached suspended president Dilma Rousseff, and removed her from office for the rest of her term, ending a power struggle that has consumed the nation for months but has not solved any of its mounting problems, rather the contrary. Vice-president and interim president Michel Temer will formally replace the first woman president of the country.

  • Tuesday, August 30th 2016 - 04:47 UTC

    Rousseff claims impeachment is a new type of coup; street protests in her support

    “Don’t expect from me the obliging silence of cowards,” Ms. Rousseff said in a withering attack on her opponents at the start of her testimony. (Pic AFP)

    Brazil's suspended president, Dilma Rousseff, took the stand on Monday at her impeachment trial in the Senate, delivering a last-ditch defense to prevent her final removal from office. “Don’t expect from me the obliging silence of cowards,” Ms. Rousseff, 68, said in a withering attack on her opponents at the start of her testimony.

  • Friday, August 21st 2015 - 06:42 UTC

    Brazil's prosecution seeks to charge Lower House speaker and a Senator on Petrobras corruption

    Cunha and Collor, now senators are among 50 politicians under investigation over a scheme that saw some $2bn illegally diverted from Petrobras accounts

    Brazilian prosecutors on Thursday asked the Federal Supreme Court to authorize prosecution of the speaker of the lower house of Congress, Eduardo Cunha, in a massive corruption case centered on state-controlled oil giant Petrobras.

  • Friday, August 7th 2015 - 08:17 UTC

    Countdown for Dilma: two thirds of Brazilians support impeachment; 16 August 'D' day

    The public opinion poll showed Rousseff is the most unpopular democratically elected president since the end of Brazil's military dictatorship in 1985.

    Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's approval ratings have struck rock bottom with nearly seven out of ten Brazilians in favor of having Congress begin impeachment proceedings against the beleaguered leader of Latin America's largest economy, according to the latest opinion poll release. A nationwide rally calling her for resignation is planned for August 16.

  • Wednesday, July 15th 2015 - 05:45 UTC

    Brazilian politicians' property raided by police in connection with Petrobras corruption

    Senator Collor De Melo confirmed on Twitter police had searched his house, and denounced “the climate of terror” he said the investigation is creating.

    Brazilian police have carried out search operations across seven states amid an ongoing investigation into a major corruption scandal involving state-run company Petrobras. The police said in a statement on Tuesday that the 53 search and seizure operations took place in “residences, offices, company headquarters, law firms, and public institutions” and were aimed at saving evidence from destruction.

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