Brazilian Senator Asks Supreme Court Justice to Act Against Federal Police Officer
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A Brazilian senator is angry. His name is Weverton Rocha.
Someone shared a photo of him at a pool. He did not want people to see it.
Rocha says a Federal Police officer leaked the photo. To leak means to share private information.
The officer is called a delegado. This word means a police chief in Brazil.
Rocha asked André Mendonça for help. Mendonça is a judge at Brazil's top court.
Rocha wants Mendonça to punish the officer. He wants providências, or official action.
This story is part of a bigger case. It is called the INSS case.
INSS is Brazil's social security system. It gives money to old and sick people.
There was an investigation into the INSS case. Police looked for people who did wrong.
Some people were arrested in this case. They are called suspects.
Mendonça may now review some arrests. He may free people who were not formally accused.
Being formally accused is called being indicted. Not everyone arrested was indicted.
The senator went to the Supreme Court, called STF in Brazil. This is the highest court.
Vocabulary13 words
- senator
- a person who works in a country's government, making laws
- pool
- a place with water for swimming
- Federal Police
- Brazil's national police force
- delegado
- a police chief in Brazil
- André Mendonça
- a judge at Brazil's top court
- judge
- a person who decides legal cases in court
- providências
- official action taken to fix a problem
- INSS case
- a legal case about Brazil's social security system
- social security
- money the government gives to people who need help
- investigation
- a careful search to find facts or wrongdoing
- suspects
- people who police think may have done something wrong
- indicted
- formally accused of a crime by police or court
- Supreme Court
- the highest and most powerful court in a country
Quiz
Answer key
1. A Federal Police officer 2. André Mendonça 3. Arrests of people not indicted in the INSS case
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A Brazilian _____ is angry. His name is Weverton Rocha.
Someone shared a photo of him at a _____. He did not want people to see it.
Rocha says a Federal _____ officer leaked the photo.
The officer is called a _____. This word means a police chief in Brazil.
Rocha asked André _____ for help.
Mendonça is a _____ at Brazil's top court.
Rocha wants Mendonça to take official _____.
This story is part of a bigger case, called the _____ case.
Some people were _____ in this case.
Mendonça may review arrests of people who were not formally _____.