### [2026-04-29](/feed/2026/04/29/index.md)

##### Brazil
# The Brazilian federal senate rejects attorney general Jorge Messias's nomination to the Supreme Federal Court in a 42–34 secret ballot, marking the first such rejection in more than a century. 




### Sources:

1. [AFP via ''Firstpost](https://www.firstpost.com/world/brazils-opposition-controlled-senate-rejects-lulas-supreme-court-candidate-14005906.html)

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