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Moraes X Mendonça: the 6 Days of the Crisis Affecting the Federal Supreme Court

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Former President Michel Temer stated that he had spoken by phone with the Minister of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), Alexandre de Moraes, and that he was advised to seek dialogue with Minister André Mendonça, as a way of trying to contain the crisis in the Court. Temer was responsible for pointing Moraes to the STF in 2017 to fill the vacancy left by Minister Teori Zavascki, who died in an air accident in January of that year.

·Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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See the timeline of the crisis started after the publication of an exchange of messages between former banker Daniel Vorcaro and a telephone number attributed to Alexandre de Moraes.

·London, United Kingdom
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·São Paulo, Brazil
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The comings and goings of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), with conflicting decisions between its ministers and a war declared between André Mendonça and Alexandre de Moraes, transformed the highest court of the Brazilian judiciary into a destabilizing agent of the institutions – a real "bagunça" , according to the evaluation of the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo. In editorial published on Wednesday, 9, even before the decision of Minister Flávi…

<p>Flávio Dino sends the body to reinstate director-general who had been removed by André Mendonça. The Master's Rapporteur was the subject of a request for investigation by Alexandre de Moraes, after he had had his relationship with Daniel Vorcaro exposed by his colleague</p> <media:content url="https://nexo-uploads-beta.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/images/2026/09/55506514514_eb7aaa8e0a8_k.webp" type="image/webp" medium="image"> <media:t…

The crisis between the ministers Alexandre de Moraes and André Mendonça, of the Supreme Federal Court (STF), won an attempt of external mediation to the Court. Former President Michel Temer contacted Moraes and suggested that he seek Mendonça to try to build a negotiated exit to the conflict. The initiative, however, took place before a [...]

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UOL broke the news in São Paulo, Brazil on Tuesday, September 8, 2026.
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