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Opinion: Brazil on Tenterhooks, Part III

Opinion, by Michael Royster

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – [Previously on ‘Brazil on Tenterhooks': “over the weekend, former President Lula is still in limbo and we the people are still on tenterhooks.”] The weekend has ended, Holy Week has begun, but the tenterhooks are still holding both Lula and most people in suspense.

The reason for all this uncertainty is Holy Week. There’s a statute providing that all sessions of the full STF are suspended during the week leading up to Easter.

As our readers know, last week STF Justice Mendes said “Halt!” to Lula’s . . .

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