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Weekly Report - 15 January 2026 (WR-26-02)
BRAZIL: New minister for justice and security
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has appointed Wellington César Lima e Silva, the head of the legal team at state oil company Petrobras, as the country’s new minister for justice and public security. Lima e Silva is not a well-known figure in Brasília, so it is uncertain whether his tenure will mark continuity with or change from his predecessors, Flávio Dino (2023-2024), who is currently a supreme court (STF) justice, and Ricardo Lewandowski (2024-2026), who is a former STF justice (2006-2023).
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