Tag: corruption

Fight Against Corruption in Brazil to Get US$ 234 Million Back from Corrupt Senator

In a case that may well be a world record, a Brazilian senator who ...

Mensalão Defense Lawyers in Brazil Worried Justices Have Already Made Up Their Minds

Mensalão lawyers are divided on the question of whether or not justices on the ...

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: Corruption Is Just One of 7 Crimes Mensalão Defendants Are Charged with

Brazil’s Supreme Court (STF) finally began to judge the case of the “mensalão” (the ...

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 ...

Worst Corruption Case in Brazilian History Is on Trial Now by the Supreme Court

There are 243 fixed seats for spectators at the Brazilian Supreme Court (STF). For ...

Brazilian Senators Expel One of Their Own in Rare Show of Self Cleansing

For the second time in its 188 years of existence, the Brazilian Senate has ...

Jobs and Tough Demeanor Earn Brazil President 77% in Popularity

The popularity of Dilma Roussef, the president of Brazil, is at its highest level ...

A Year After Floods Killed over 900 in Rio, Brazil Has Done Nothing to Prevent Future Tragedies

Brazil’s minister of National Integration, Fernando Bezerra Coelho, went before a special commission specially ...