Category archives for: Judicial System

Chevron indictments expected soon in Brazil

The Americas Post - Chevron managers could end up doing time in Brazilian prison

Brazilian prosecutors are planning to file criminal charges against Chevron Corp within the next several weeks, adding the possibility of prison time to an $11 billion civil lawsuit for a November oil spill offshore. The federal court filing in Campos, Brazil, will probably include a criminal indictment of Chevron Brazil CEO George Buck and other staff, [...]

US Supreme Court rules against police use of GPS

The Americas Post - US cops will need to get a GPS warrant or just follow suspects the old fashioned way.

The United States Supreme Court ruled on Monday that police may not install a GPS device on a suspect’s car to track his movements without a warrant, in a test case that upheld basic privacy rights in spite of new surveillance technology. The high court ruling was a defeat for the Obama administration, which had [...]

Mexican cartel leader gets off easy in US court

The Americas Post - Tijuana cartel leader got a lighter sentence than his underlings

Former drug capo Benjamin Arellano Felix pleaded guilty this week to federal racketeering and money-laundering conspiracy charges, putting an end to a long case against Mexico’s formerly most powerful organized crime group. Arellano Felix, 58, the former leader of the Arellano Felix drug cartel, converted Tijuana into a major trafficking route to the U.S. during a [...]

Illinois governor gets 14 years for corruption

The Americas Post - Blagojevich keeps up that Illinois governor's tradition of going to j

Former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of attempting to barter President Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat for campaign cash or personal favors, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison. Blagojevich led the fifth-most populous American state from January 2003 to January 2009, one month after his arrest for what Chicago U.S. Attorney Patrick [...]

Brazil forming Truth Commission on human rights

The Americas Post - Dilma Rousseff wants the whole world to see Brazil's dirty laundry.

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff on Friday approved the formation of a Truth Commission to investigate human rights abuses committed during and prior to that nation’s military dictatorship, which ran from 1964 to 1985. The creation of the seven member commission is the strongest step yet taken by the Brazilian government to resolve the many incidents of violence [...]

Extradition approved for Guatemalan ex-president

The Americas Post - Another former president heads off to jail.  Photo Credit:  Prensa Libre

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom announced Tuesday approval of a U.S. extradition order for former president Alfonso Portillo, who faces money laundering charges for the alleged embezzlement of $1.5 million in foreign donations. Colom said Guatemalan courts have already approved Portillo’s extradition and that he will respect those rulings. “The president should not get mixed up [...]

Colombia shuts down intelligence agency

The Americas Post - Colombian President Santos has pulled the plug.  Photo credit:  Reuters

On Monday Colombia shut down a controversial intelligence center for surveillance and illegal interception of communications to magistrates, journalists and politicians who opposed the administration of ex-president Alvaro Uribe. President Juan Manuel Santos said that responsibilities of the Administrative Security Department  (ASD) will be taken over by other agencies like the Ministry of Foreign Relations, the [...]

Amnesty International slams Dominican cops

The Americas Post - Dominican police respond to demonstrators throwing bottles and rocks.  Photo:  KINT News

Amnesty International released a highly critical report on Tuesday, saying the national police force kills and tortures with impunity in the Dominican Republic. The Dominican national police were responsible for 15 percent of violent deaths recorded annually in the Dominican Republic from 2005 to 2010, according to the report.  The London-based human rights group said [...]

TAM and LAN airlines preparing to tie the knot

The Americas Post - But will they call it LATAM?

Chilean airline LAN has avoided a lawsuit from local competitor PAL and reached an agreement that will allow LAN to proceed in their planned marriage with Brazilian airline TAM.   The merger would create one of the largest airline groups in the world. LAN, one of the leading carriers of Latin America, announced Tuesday that [...]

Chavez continues to consolidate power

The Americas Post - Without Leopoldo Lopez, who else can run against Chavez?  Photo:  Al Dia

This week opponents of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez suffered from a one-two punch: a court decision handicapping the presidential aspirations of a major candidate, followed by a $2 million fine that threatens the closure of an anti-government TV channel. Both rulings by the Supreme Court and National Telecommunications Commission have outraged opposition leaders and human [...]

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