Brazilian President Michel Temer on Saturday demanded the Supreme Court suspend a probe | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Earlier this month, Senator Aecio Neves, a runner-up in Brazil’s 2014 presidential election, published in his Twitter account a self-congratulatory note with reference to President Michel Temer’s first anniversary in office. The message read as follows: “Today we celebrate one year of age of the new government in Brazil. It is hard not to acknowledge all…

Brazilian President Michel Temer on Saturday demanded the Supreme Court suspend a probe into his alleged obstruction of justice, claiming the central piece of evidence is flawed. Temer said an audio recording purporting to show him discussing payment of hush money to a jailed politician had been “doctored”. Temer spoke in only his second public appearance…