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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 15:56 UTC

Tag: Judge Antonio Dias Toffoli

  • Monday, October 29th 2018 - 10:31 UTC

    Electoral Tribunal sends strong message to president elect Bolsonaro underlining the no-incident election

    At precisely 19:18 on Sunday Bolsonaro was declared “mathematically” president elect of Brazil

    At exactly 19h18m, Sunday 28 October, the Electoral Superior Tribunal, TSE, minister Rosa Weber stated that Jair Bolsonaro, candidate for the “Brazil above all, God above all of us” coalition was mathematically elected president of Brazil. The new president is to take office next January first, for the period from 2019 to 2022.

  • Saturday, April 23rd 2016 - 10:51 UTC

    Rousseff's bid for international support backfiring

    “In the past, coups were carried out with machine guns, tanks and weapons, today all you need are hands that are willing to tear up the Constitution”, said Rousseff

    Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff from New York accused her political opponents as “coup mongers” and “conspirators” and insisted she would fight to the very end the impeachment process to remove her from office. But her attacks faced a solid defense in Brazil including from members of the Supreme Court who expressed concern the president was questioning Brazil's institutions before the world.