Tag: Penal Case 470

Brazil’s Supreme Follows the Money and Condemns Lula’s Top Aide for Corruption

Brazil’s Supreme Court continued the trial of Penal Case 470, the mensalão, second part ...

Found Guilty of Corruption by Supreme, Brazil Congressman Vows to Appeal to OAS Court

Up to yesterday, the 36 defendants in Brazil’s Penal Case 470, known as the ...

Former Speaker of the House Found Guilty in Brazil’s Mensalão Scandal

Ten of the Brazilian Supreme Court justices have now voted on the first part ...

First Vote on Brazil’s Mensalão Is Guilty for Corruption and Money Laundering

The first of many “votes” in the biggest corruption trial ever dealt with by ...

Brazil Mensalão’s Whole Story: Chronologically

May 10, 2005  A grainy black and white video is made public showing a ...

Brazil: Defense Tells Supreme Court Mensalão Corruption Scheme Never Existed

José Luis de Oliveira Lima, the defense lawyer for José Dirceu, the former presidential ...

In Brazil’s Trial of the Century Culture of Impunity Should Play Big Role

In the first session dealing with the mensalão case, technically, Penal Case 470, the ...