Tagged: Brasilia

12th September 2018

Brazilian court spares far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro from racism trial

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazil’s top court on Tuesday spared leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro from having to stand trial for racism, less than a week after the far-right politician was injured in...

Latin America / World Daily

20th June 2018

Brazil Workers’ Party boss acquitted of corruption charges

Brasilia – Brazil’s Supreme Court has acquitted the head of the once-dominant leftist Workers’ Party of charges of corruption and money laundering. Gleisi Hoffmann, a senator, is the latest in a long string of high-ranking...