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Montevideo, September 23rd 2025 - 14:58 UTC

Tag: The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil (STF)

  • Friday, September 12th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

    Brazil: Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years and 3 months in jail

    Bolsonaro's legal team can still appeal the ruling

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) has sentenced former President Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison for his role in a coup plot following the 2022 elections. The ruling was handed down by a solid 4-1 majority after Chamber Chairman Cristiano Zanin cast the final vote.

  • Wednesday, September 10th 2025 - 15:40 UTC

    Bolsonaro 2-0 down after three votes

    It is not the STF's role to make political judgments, Fux argued

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Luiz Fux claimed on Wednesday morning that the plenum of the country's highest tribunal and not just a five-judge panel should have pronounced itself on the case against former President Jair Bolsonaro and his allies for the alleged Jan. 8, 2023, attempted coup d'état.

  • Saturday, August 23rd 2025 - 10:51 UTC

    Brazil's STF votes again to convict Congresswoman Zambelli

    Zambelli is under arrest in Italy pending her extradition

    Brazil's Federal Supreme Court (STF) decided on Friday (22) by 9 votes to 2 to convict Federal Congresswoman Carla Zambelli (PL-SP) to five years and three months in prison for illegal possession of a firearm and illegal coercion with the use of a firearm.

  • Tuesday, July 8th 2025 - 08:24 UTC

    Brazil: STF conviction tally in Jan. 8 riots reaches 643 individuals

    Those not engaged directly in acts of violence had their sentences commuted and will stay out of prison

    According to a list released Monday by the Office of Brazil's Prosecutor-General, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) has convicted 643 people in connection with the Jan. 8, 2023, riots in Brasília, which were deemed an attempted coup d'état.

  • Wednesday, June 4th 2025 - 18:44 UTC

    Brazil's STF issues arrest warrant against Congresswoman Zambelli

    Zambelli announced on social media that she has left Brazil to flee “this dictatorship imposed on us”

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes ordered the arrest of Congresswoman Carla Zambelli, who has reportedly left the country. The magistrate also ordered the blocking of her passports, salary, assets, and social media accounts due to her conviction for hacking the electronic system of the National Council of Justice (CNJ).

  • Thursday, May 15th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

    Brazil: STF issues unanimous ruling against Congresswoman Zambelli

    Wednesday's decision can be appealed

    The First Chamber of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) unanimously sentenced Congresswoman Carla Zambelli to 10 years in prison for hacking into the electronic system of the National Justice Council (CNJ) in 2023. The ruling was supported by Justices Alexandre De Moraes, Flávio Dino, Cristiano Zanin, Luiz Fux, and Cármen Lúcia. The decision can be revised, Agencia Brasil explained.

  • Wednesday, March 26th 2025 - 23:32 UTC

    Brazil's STF votes to proceed with coup charges against Bolsonaro and others

    “We had a very violent coup attempt,” De Moraes stressed

    The First Panel (Turma) of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Wednesday voted unanimously in favor of moving on the the charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven other defendants in connection with the Jan. 8, 2023, riots, which -the prosecution argues- constituted an attempted coup d'état following defeat in the 2022 elections.

  • Wednesday, February 26th 2025 - 09:37 UTC

    Export of live animals do not violate Brazilian law, federal court ruling

    The export of live animals, cattle and sheep, are a booming business in Mercosur countries.

    A Brazilian Federal Court has ruled that the export of live animals for slaughter does not violate Brazilian law. The unanimous decision of the Federal Court overturned a lower court ruling that had suspended the activity at all Brazilian ports.

  • Thursday, November 28th 2024 - 21:19 UTC

    De Moraes says there is no such thing as self-regulation of social media

    Social media are “a monetized business,” De Moraes argued

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court Justice Alexandre De Moraes said Thursday that the Jan. 8, 2023, uprising in the country's capital proved that self-regulation of social networks does not work as its defenders claim it does. The magistrate spoke of the system's “bankruptcy” as the STF resumed reviewing the liability of companies operating social networks for the content posted by users, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, September 14th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

    De Moraes collects X fines from Starlink accounts

    Having collected the fines, De Moraes lifted the freezings of the bank accounts of companies linked to tycoon Elon Musk

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes ordered funds in the amount of R$ 18.3 million (around US$ 3.29 million) from the Internet Service Provider Starlink transferred to the Federal Government in payments for fines he imposed on the social media platform X for failing to comply with his ruling.

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