Brazil

Sérgio Cabral Under Scrutiny: How He Accumulated More Than 400 Years in Prison Sentences, Which Ones Were Overturned, and Why the Former Governor of Rio Is Not in Prison

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Sérgio Cabral served as mayor of Rio de Janeiro from 2007 to 2014 and is now the Brazilian politician with the most convictions against him. According to the Brazilian press, his sentences total more than 400 years in prison across nearly twenty cases. However, since December 2022, he has been living freely while wearing an … Read more

Sergio Moro Under Scrutiny: What the Supreme Court Ruled About the Judge Who Convicted Lula, and What It Means That He Is Now Governor of Paraná

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Sergio Moro and Lula da Silva

Sergio Moro, the judge who convicted Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2017, was found to be biased by Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court in 2021. On October 4, 2026, he was elected governor of Paraná in the first round of voting. None of the convictions Moro handed down against Lula remain in force. This article … Read more