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BRAZIL SHOOTING: TWO SUPPORTERS OF JAILED EX-PRESIDENT LULA INJURED


One of Lula's buses with guests and journalists inside was shot at in March while the former president was touring Brazil's southern states... READ MORE

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BRAZIL'S LULA SPENDS FIRST NIGHT IN JAIL AMID FIGHT FOR FREEDOM


The imprisonment of Lula, Brazil's first working-class president, throws the October presidential election wide open as he leads the race in opinion polls... READ MORE

9th April, 2018 488

AFTER TENSE STANDOFF, DA SILVA SPENDS FIRST DAY OF 12-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE BEHIND BARS


The first day of da Silva's 12-year sentence marked the downfall of a person who was once one of the world's most popular politicians... READ MORE

8th April, 2018 0

BRAZIL'S LULA SURRENDERS TO POLICE TO BEGIN JAIL SENTENCE AFTER TENSE SHOWDOWN


Da Silva emerged a second time shortly after nightfall, this time surrounded by bodyguards who pushed back scores of supporters who tried to stop his advance... READ MORE

8th April, 2018 105

BRAZIL'S EX-PRESIDENT LULA TURNS HIMSELF IN TO POLICE


A judge then gave him until 5:00 pm local time (2000 GMT) Friday to turn himself in, but Lula missed the deadline... READ MORE

8th April, 2018 0

FORMER BRAZIL PRESIDENT SURRENDERS TO POLICE AFTER DEFYING ARREST WARRANT


Luiz inacio lula da silva faces 12-year corruption sentence but maintains innocence... READ MORE

8th April, 2018 410

LULA TURNS HIMSELF IN TO BRAZIL POLICE, ENDING STANDOFF


Protesters supporting Lula clashed with police outside the walls of the building... READ MORE

8th April, 2018 747

BRAZIL'S EX-PRESIDENT LULA, ONCE THE WORLD'S 'MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN,' SURRENDERS TO FACE PRISON TIME


Former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, left, accompanies fellow former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after leaving the union headquarters Saturday... READ MORE

8th April, 2018 2186

BRAZIL: LULA 'NEGOTIATING SURRENDER' TO POLICE TO SERVE JAIL SENTENCE


Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's legal team is negotiating his surrender with federal police to begin serving a 12-year prison sentence for... READ MORE

8th April, 2018 98

THE 'MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN ON EARTH' SURRENDERS TO POLICE


Former Brazilian president Luiz InA?cio Lula da Silva has vowed to stage his political comeback while serving a 12-year sentence on corruption charges... READ MORE

8th April, 2018 24

EX-BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LULA DA SILVA AGREES TO SURRENDER TO POLICE FOLLOWING CORRUPTION CONVICTION


Ex-Brazilian president Lula da Silva agrees to surrender to police following corruption conviction... READ MORE

8th April, 2018 65

LULA BEGINS PRISON SENTENCE IN BRAZIL AFTER GIVING HIMSELF UP TO POLICE


Military police in Curitiba later dispersed Lula supporters with rubber bullets and teargas when he arrived at a police station in the city... READ MORE

8th April, 2018 11230

BRAZIL'S DEFIANT LULA EXPECTED TO SURRENDER TO POLICE ON SATURDAY


Ex-president Lula da Silva remains holed up in steel-workers union HQ, in standoff with police over corruption case... READ MORE

7th April, 2018 795

BRAZIL'S EX-PRESIDENT 'LULA' DEFIES ORDER TO TURN SELF IN


After running for president several times, in 2002 da Silva finally won... READ MORE

6th April, 2018 0

BRAZILIAN JUDGE ORDERS ARREST OF FORMER PRESIDENT LULA


On Friday morning, Brazil's daily newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo reported that Lula would not hand himself in... READ MORE

6th April, 2018 2092

IN SURPRISE MOVE, BRAZIL JUDGE ORDERS DA SILVA TO SURRENDER, BEGIN PRISON TERM


Da Silva, who grew up poor and with little formal education before becoming a trade union leader and politician, says he will go down fighting... READ MORE

6th April, 2018 0

BRAZIL'S LULA FACES JAIL FOR CORRUPTION AFTER SUPREME COURT RULING


Supreme court judges ruled against him by six to five after a marathon session... READ MORE

5th April, 2018 4122

BRAZIL'S TOP COURT RULES THAT EX-PRESIDENT LULA CAN BE JAILED


Weber was seen as the only swing vote and her decision sealed Lula's fate... READ MORE

5th April, 2018 765

BRAZIL COURT REJECTS FORMER PRESIDENT LULA'S BID TO AVOID PRISON


The court ruled against the two-time president early on Thursday, after a marathon session... READ MORE

5th April, 2018 523

BRAZIL COURT TO RULE ON FORMER PRESIDENT LULA'S JAIL TERM


Lula's Worker's party says the conviction was politically motivated to prevent the former president, who remains popular with poorer Brazilians, from running again in October... READ MORE

3rd April, 2018 777

BRAZIL'S LULA LOSES PROCEDURAL APPEALS, FACES PRISON


Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a rally in Sao Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil March 23, 2018... READ MORE

27th March, 2018 175

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OPERATION CAR WASH: THE BIGGEST CORRUPTION SCANDAL EVER?


Zavascki was in the process of reviewing numerous Car Wash testimonies that were expected to further implicate politicians in Brazil and other countries in Latin America... READ MORE

2nd June, 2017 24454

FORMER PRESIDENT LULA FACES QUESTIONING BY POLICE OVER BRAZIL CORRUPTION SCANDAL


As Brazils credit rating is slashed to junk status, police say the countrys most popular politician may have benefited from kickbacks from the state oil company... READ MORE

11th September, 2015 3717

BRAZILS SLUMPING ECONOMY AND BRIBERY SCANDAL EAT AWAY AT DILMA ROUSSEFFS POPULARITY


These strategies were a shift from the 1990s, when Brazil's government ended Petrobras's monopoly, exposing the company to market forces while keeping it under state control... READ MORE

20th March, 2015 3107

TEMPERS FLARE IN BRAZIL OVER INTERCEPTS OF CALLS BY EX-PRESIDENT LULA


A judge in the capital, Brasilia, issued an injunction against the move, arguing that Ms. Rousseff may have violated the law in appointing Mr. da Silva... READ MORE

18th March, 2016 2803

BRAZIL'S EX-PRESIDENT LULA CHARGED WITH CORRUPTION IN OIL KICKBACK SCANDAL


Dallagnol said that Lula, because of his control of the machinery of the Workers' party and the Brazilian government, was the central figure in the scheme... READ MORE

15th September, 2016 2329

BRAZIL SEEKS ARREST OF EX-PRESIDENT IN GRAFT INQUIRY


And investigators are looking into whether proceeds from the scheme were used to finance Mr. da Silva's and Ms. Rousseff's presidential campaigns... READ MORE

11th March, 2016 2274

BRAZILIAN COURT BLOCKS ASSETS OF FORMER PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF


At the time Petrobras took control of 50 percent of the refinery, Rousseff was chief of staff to former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva... READ MORE

12th October, 2017 2147

FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LULA CONVICTED OF CORRUPTION AND MONEY LAUNDERING


Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sentenced to nine years in prison but is expected to appeal... READ MORE

12th July, 2017 1977

BRAZIL'S PETROBRAS SCANDAL DEEPENS


Brazil's Attorney General Rodrigo Janot has accused many senior politicians of taking bribes... READ MORE

6th March, 2015 1784

BRAZILIAN POLICE DETAIN FORMER PRESIDENT LULA IN CORRUPTION INQUIRY


The Lula Institute put out a statement on Thursday saying "former President Lula never participated directly or indirectly in any illegality"... READ MORE

4th March, 2016 1729

UPENDING BRAZILS PRESIDENTIAL RACE, COURT UPHOLDS FORMER LEADERS CONVICTION


Prosecutors have portrayed Mr. da Silva, who has also been charged in six other corruption cases, as a linchpin of Brazil's endemically corrupt political system... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 1690

BRAZIL ON EDGE AS APPEALS DECISION NEARS IN EX-PRESIDENT LULA CORRUPTION CASE


Brazil on edge as appeals decision nears in ex-president Lula corruption case... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 1619

JUDGE BLOCKS BRAZILS EX-PRESIDENT FROM CABINET POST


The latest twist in the crisis underscores the tumult in Brazil over Mr. da Silva's nomination... READ MORE

19th March, 2016 1244

TENSION GRIPS BRAZIL AS EX-PRESIDENT LULA APPEARS IN COURT ON CORRUPTION CHARGES


Hashtags in support of both Lula and Moro have been trending heavily in Brazil... READ MORE

10th May, 2017 1170

BRAZIL TUMBLES LIKE 'HOUSE OF CARDS' IN CRISIS


The plot to Brazil's political crisis has become so complicated that even makers of political drama 'House of Cards' joke they are now following events... READ MORE

18th March, 2016 1108

BRAZIL'S EX-PRESIDENT LULA TO STAND TRIAL FOR CORRUPTION IN BRIBERY SCANDAL


Workers' party supporters claim the Lava Jato investigation is politically biased and that most of those accused in other parties will not be held to justice... READ MORE

21st September, 2016 870

FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LULA CHARGED IN MASSIVE CORRUPTION SCANDAL


Brazilians had known that Lula was under investigation, and police had recommended charges against him last month for allegedly accepting improper renovations to a seaside apartment... READ MORE

15th September, 2016 756

BRAZIL STREET PROTESTS DEMAND REMOVAL OF DILMA ROUSSEFF FROM POWER


Ms Rousseff, who was chairman of Petrobras at the time of the multi-billion pound kickback scheme, was then re-elected last October in a closely fought vote... READ MORE

17th August, 2015 744

ANALYSIS | TWO POSSIBLE PATHS FOR BRAZIL'S MOST BELOVED EX-LEADER: PRISON OR THE PRESIDENCY


A former union organizer with a fourth-grade education, Lula rose to power as a voice for Brazil's disenfranchised poor... READ MORE

13th May, 2017 605

COULD ALEXIS TSIPRAS BE THE NEW LULA?


After all, they said, Greece was a eurozone member, not a developing country... READ MORE

21st July, 2015 576

HOW BRAZIL, THE DARLING OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD, CAME UNDONE


Big parts of the Brazil model, it turns out, were glued together with kickbacks, dirty money and lies... READ MORE

15th April, 2016 574

ROUSSEFF, LULA CHARGED IN PETROBAS CORRUPTION PROBE


Popular leftist leader Lula accuses political rivals of targeting him in court to push him off next year's ballot... READ MORE

6th September, 2017 499

BRAZIL'S LULA EXTENDS LEAD IN 2018 VOTE DESPITE GRAFT CONVICTION


Brazil's Lula extends lead in 2018 vote despite graft conviction poll... READ MORE

1st October, 2017 452

'ENORMOUS CULPABILITY': BRAZIL'S MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN LULA SENTENCED TO NEARLY 10 YEARS IN PRISON


Congressman introduces articles of impeachment against donald trump... READ MORE

12th July, 2017 360

BRAZIL'S LULA APPEARS IN COURT IN CORRUPTION CASE


Thousands of Lula supporters descended on Curitiba overnight, mostly members of activists groups and unions, arriving in chartered buses from across the country... READ MORE

10th May, 2017 267

HOW BRAZIL'S RULING WORKERS' PARTY LOST THE WORKERS


Now she is one of the many working-class Brazilians to turn against the Workers' Party, even rejecting their onetime hero, unionist-turned-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva... READ MORE

25th April, 2016 254

BRAZIL PETROBRAS SCANDAL: FORMER PRESIDENT LULA DEFIANT


Brazil's ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has vowed to fight allegations that he was involved in a huge bribery scheme run by oil giant Petrobras... READ MORE

4th March, 2016 253

FORMER BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT LULA FOUND GUILTY OF CORRUPTION


The ruling marked a stunning fall for Lula, Brazil's first working-class president, who left office six years ago with an 83 per cent approval rating... READ MORE

12th July, 2017 249

BRAZIL POISED FOR LULA APPEAL VERDICT


Three judges in Brazil will shortly decide whether to uphold a prison term given to the country's former President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 187

BRAZIL JUDGE SEIZES EX-PRESIDENT LULA'S PASSPORT


A federal judge in Brazil has seized the passport of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and banned him from leaving the country... READ MORE

26th January, 2018 169


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