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LatinNews Daily - 26 October 2016
Calheiros challenges authority of Brazil’s judiciary
Development: On 25 October the president of Brazil’s federal supreme court (STF), Cármen Lúcia Antunes, demanded that the federal congress “respect” the judiciary after the president of the federal senate, Renan Calheiros, publicly questioned the authority of a senior judge.
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