Tag: Gilmar Mendes
By Lisa Flueckiger, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Judge Gilmar Mendes at Brazil's Federal Electoral Court (TSE) asked prosecutors to investigate several leads hinting at potential illegal financing of President Dilma Rousseff's re-election campaign last October. He...
By Maria Lopez Conde, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL - Supporters of high-ranking members of the Workers' Party (PT), José Genoino, Delúbio Soares and José Dirceu, condemned in the landmark mensalão cash-for-votes corruption trial have set up crowdfunding websites,...
By Daniel Tosca, Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO - David Goldman arrived in Rio last Thursday, December 17th, hoping that last week’s ruling by the Federal Court of Appeals, for custody of his son Sean to be granted within 48...
