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Brazil’s Election Overshadowed by Unprecedented Judicialization Crisis

An acute conflict between Brazil's top courts, the STF and TSE, over campaign rules and internal scandals is raising serious concerns about institutional stability and the rule of law ahead of the election.

By Eleanor Shaw

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Brazil’s Election Overshadowed by Unprecedented Judicialization Crisis
Source: TSE - Tribunal Superior Eleitoral / Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

An acute conflict between Brazil's top courts, the STF and TSE, over campaign rules and internal scandals is raising serious concerns about institutional stability and the rule of law ahead of the election.

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