Tag: Supreme Court

• Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 21:04 UTC

  Argentine President urged to choose a woman for the Supreme Court

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández has been pressured this week by Amnesty International and other non-government organizations to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court with a female magistrate, it was reported.

• Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Jones-Huala wanted back in Chilean jail following Supreme Court decision

  

  Argentine-born Mapuche leader Facundo Jones-Huala has been declared a fugitive by the Government of Chile after the Supreme Court overruled -albeit not unanimously- a decision from a Temuco court of appeals whereby he had been granted parole. Jones-Huala had already served the minimum time required to be granted an early release.

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 10:02 UTC

  Facebook puts a global block on hate speech from Bolsonaro supporters, but will appeal jurisdiction to the Supreme Court

  

  Facebook said on Saturday it has put a global block on certain accounts controlled by supporters of Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro implicated in a fake news inquiry, a day after it was fined for not complying with a Supreme Court judge's order to do so.

• Thursday, July 23rd 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Venezuela reacts furiously at US decision to put a prize reward for Chief Justice accused of corruption

  

  Venezuela's government blasted a US$5 million US reward offer for information leading to the arrest of the country's Supreme Court president, likening it to something out of the Wild West.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2020 - 09:31 UTC

  Justice lifts restraining order on Trump family book written by a niece

  

  The New York Supreme Court lifted a stay on Monday that temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s niece from publishing a tell-all book that offers an unflattering look of the U.S. president and his family.

• Monday, July 13th 2020 - 09:56 UTC

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is finally humbled by coronavirus

  

  By Anthony Pereira (*) – The most surprising thing about Jair Bolsonaro’s positive test for coronavirus, announced on Jul 7, was how long it took to happen. The Brazilian president was first suspected of having the virus in March, when several members of his entourage came down with it after visiting US President Donald Trump in Florida.

• Saturday, June 20th 2020 - 10:20 UTC

  Record breaking Brazil: over a million Covid-19 cases and 50,000 deaths

  

  Brazil on Friday passed a total of more than 1 million COVID-19 cases, and nearly 50,000 deaths, according to Health Ministry data, in a new nadir for the world's second worst-hit country.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2020 - 12:19 UTC

  Brazilian federal police raids and arrests Bolsonaro followers for funding “anti democratic” activities

  

  Brazilian federal police have raided supporters of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accused by prosecutors of funding “anti-democratic” activities. The raids follow the arrest of an affiliated far-right activist.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2020 - 08:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro again challenges Supreme Court: military will not remove a democratically elected president

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday that the country’s military would not obey any order to remove an elected president, deepening a war of words with the judicial branch that has led to fears of threats to democracy in the country.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2020 - 07:32 UTC

  A woman leader who supports Bolsonaro detained accused of raising funds for “anti democratic actions”

  

  The leader of a group that backs Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was detained on Monday, accused of raising funds for anti-democratic actions that could threaten the country's national security.