Tag: Supreme Court

• 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.

• Monday, June 1st 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  Bolsonaro leads protests against Congress and the Supreme Court

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro joined supporters protesting against Congress and the Supreme Court in Brasilia on Sunday, stoking concerns of an institutional crisis in the nation that now has the world's second-highest number of coronavirus cases after the US.

• Friday, May 29th 2020 - 08:51 UTC

  Furious Bolsonaro slams the Supreme Court for investigating his supporters

  

  President Jair Bolsonaro slammed Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday for investigating an alleged disinformation and intimidation campaign involving his supporters, as a political crisis mushroomed amid the country's accelerating COVID-19 outbreak.

• Tuesday, May 26th 2020 - 07:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro puts pressure on Supreme Court to end investigation

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro expects the Supreme Court to find no wrongdoing and end an investigation into potential political interference in the federal police, according to a statement from the presidential palace on Monday.

• Saturday, May 16th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro's erratic administration keeps Brazilian corporations from issuing fresh bonds

  

  As Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro kept his name in the headlines over the last weeks by firing ministers and attacking governors, the Supreme Court and Congress, investors fretted over the prospect of a political crisis on top of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Wednesday, May 6th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Bolsonaro invokes military support, but Generals say they support the Constitution and democracy

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Monday picked a new head of the federal police following a Supreme Court decision to block his effort to appoint a family friend - a tactical retreat a day after he and supporters threatened the court in anti-democratic protests.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:59 UTC

  Brazil Supreme Court authorizes investigation of President Bolsonaro for alleged interference with the federal police

  

  A Supreme Court judge authorized an investigation of allegations that Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro tried to interfere in the work of the country’s federal police force for political motives, the top court said on its website.

• Monday, April 20th 2020 - 08:56 UTC

  Bolsonaro holds a “patriots” meeting and challenges lockdown measures

  

  Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday again attended a public rally and attacked lockdown measures meant to fight the coronavirus, as supporters of the right-wing leader joined political motorcades around the country.

• Friday, January 17th 2020 - 10:33 UTC

  Historic impeachment trial of Trump opens; Decisive US Senate controlled by Republicans

  

  The historic impeachment trial of Donald Trump opened on Thursday in the US Senate, as lawmakers took a solemn oath to be “impartial” in deciding whether to force the 45th US president from office.

• Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  Brazil: foreign investors remain cautious, fearful of divisive politics and weak growth

  

  This year has already been the biggest in a decade for share offerings from Brazilian companies, but there has been little sign of the foreign investor appetite that fueled prior rallies, as weak growth and divisive politics keep many on the sidelines.