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Weekly Report - 26 January 2017 (WR-17-03)

BRAZIL: Sudden death of key judge raises concerns

Teori Zavascki, a member of Brazil’s federal supreme court (STF), died in a plane crash on 19 January. Zavascki’s death has added to the ongoing political crisis in the country not least because he was the justice tasked with overseeing ‘Operation Car Wash’, the major corruption investigation that has lifted the lid on the cosy links between Brazil’s business and political elite, which implicate high-ranking former and current government officials. The judiciary and the national executive led by President Michel Temer are under pressure to ensure that Zavascki’s unexpected death does not delay or in any way curtail the investigation, and that the STF’s integrity remains intact at a time when it remains under intense public scrutiny.

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