Brazil's Supreme Court elects next chief justice, Moraes to serve as deputy

FILE PHOTO: Judge Edson Fachin attends a session of the Supreme Court on weighing the constitutionality of laws to limit the ability of Indigenous peoples to win protected status for ancestral lands, in Brasilia, Brazil August 30, 2023. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil's Supreme Court on Wednesday elected Edson Fachin for a two-year term as chief justice starting in lateSeptember, while Alexandre de Moraes, who has been recently targeted by U.S. sanctions, was tapped as his deputy.

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