Tag: Supreme Federal Court of Brazil

• 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.

• Saturday, April 14th 2018 - 11:08 UTC

  Brazil's Attorney General charges presidential candidate with racism

  

  One of the front-runners in Brazil's presidential campaign was charged with racism on Friday by the country's top prosecutor. Attorney General Raquel Dodge charged conservative deputy Jair Bolsonaro for statements comparing members of rural settlements founded by the descendants of slaves to animals. Members of the settlements are called “quilombolas” in Brazil.

• 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”.

• Thursday, January 25th 2018 - 07:05 UTC

  Brazil shares surge as Lula's corruption conviction is confirmed ruling him out his presidential bid

  

  Brazilian assets soared, with the Bovespa surging above 83,000 for the first time ever, and the currency Real surging through 3.20 after three judges in a local appeals court upheld a conviction for corruption imposed last July on ex-President Lula da Silva.

• Wednesday, April 12th 2017 - 08:41 UTC

  Corruption quake in Brazil: Justice to investigate, 9 ministers, 24 senators, 39 deputies and 3 governors

  

  An institutional and political earthquake is shaking Brazil: the Supreme Court has opened corruption investigations into nine ministers, three governors, 24 senators, 39 members of the Lower House and other elected officials totaling at least 108 politicians, according to a report published on Tuesday by O Estado de Sao Paulo.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2016 - 06:26 UTC

  Brazil's defense makes its case before the congressional impeachment committee

  

  Attorney General Jose Eduardo Cardozo told the congressional impeachment committee Monday that Rousseff had done nothing wrong and to remove her would be tantamount to a putsch.“As such, impeaching her would be a coup, a violation of the constitution, an affront to the rule of law, without any need to resort to bayonets,” Cardozo told the 65-member committee.

• Friday, March 18th 2016 - 03:18 UTC

  Lula cabinet chief for twenty minutes; street protests in Brazilian cities

  

  Former leader Lula da Silva was sworn in as President Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff on Thursday amid a deepening crisis in Brazil as protests against his appointment continued for a second day and a judge sought to block the move.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 07:37 UTC

  Brazil's Supreme Court gives Rousseff a break in her battle to avoid impeachment

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff won a temporary reprieve on Tuesday from threatened impeachment thanks to a Supreme Court intervention and her principal opponent's decision to hold off for now on opening proceedings.

• Monday, September 21st 2015 - 07:18 UTC

  Brazil Justices ban corporate contributions to political campaigns and parties

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court banned corporate contributions to political campaigns and parties, a hot issue as investigators in the country's biggest corruption scandal say such financing was used by businesses to win lucrative contracts with state-run oil company Petrobras.

• Wednesday, June 26th 2013 - 05:13 UTC

  Brazil’s top Justice suggests trimming the influence of political parties and an end to cupola deals

  

  The president of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal (Supreme Court) Joaquim Barbosa argued in favour of diminishing the influence of political parties in decisions referred to the Brazilian people’s interest and supports the introduction of what he called “puffs of popular expression” in the current political system.