Brazil’s top court expanded its power to protect democracy. But some are wondering whether the court now represents the threat. The Brazilian Supreme Court building lit in the country’s ...

The chief justice of Brazil’s Supreme Court, Luís Roberto Barroso, defended the court in the face of growing debate over its aggressive role in politics. By Jack Nicas Reporting from Brasília ...

Most judges followed case rapporteur De Moraes' rationale Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Thursday handed down prison sentences to three defendants involved in the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has lifted the freezes on Starlink and X bank accounts after ordering the transfer of 18.35 million reais ($3.3 million) to the national treasury.

The nationwide ban was in effect for more than a month. Brazil’s highest court previously upheld Justice Alexandre de Moraes’s August 30 order after X had declined to name a legal ...

Paulo Gonet, the prosecutor general, said he didn't see any reason to maintain the suspension after the company had paid USD 5.2 million in fines, named a legal representative in Brazil, and complied ...

The Supreme Court and Foreign Relations Ministry declined to comment when contacted by the AP. Brazil’s quest to bring to justice those involved in the uprising has so far entailed more than two ...

Hundreds of Indigenous people were marching Wednesday in Brazil’s capital, urging Congress to drop a proposed constitutional ...

Populism makes two basic mistakes of being anti-institutional and being anti-pluralistic...Populism can be a right-wing ...

Brazil's Collective Defense Institute, a consumer rights group, has filed two lawsuits demanding 3 billion reais ($525.27 ...