Politicians on Trial in Brazil – Mensalao as a Stage of Brazilian Transitional Justice

This article aims to approach the main legal and political issues involving trial 470, known as Mensalao, a scheme of the ruling party to buy votes, and its possible implications for Brazilian democratization, following decades of authoritarian regimes and an incomplete transitional justice, partially done through reparations. It also questions the possible implications of this highly politicized judgment to the consolidation of Brazilian democracy.
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