Recent News Headlines : Ex-president Lula

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

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 COURT UPHOLDS EX-PRESIDENT'S GRAFT CONVICTION


Significant support Brazil's leading financial daily Valor Economico recently published research that suggested at least 50 percent of Lula da Silva voters would back a Lula-picked candidate... READ MORE

24th January, 2018 803

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

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 PRESIDENT TEMER SAYS PENSION CHANGES REMAIN ON AGENDA


I want to say that the possibility to approve the reform is very strong, Temer said... READ MORE

20th January, 2018 48

BRAZIL'S FAR-RIGHT PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER GETS SOFT DRINK NAMED AFTER HIM


And the only name that represents that is Jair Bolsonaro, Michel said... READ MORE

14th January, 2018 1361

BRAZIL CUTS INTEREST RATE TO RECORD LOW SEVEN PERCENT


Neither man is much welcomed by investors, who have been pushing Temer to enact the unpopular austerity reforms, especially cuts to the pension system... READ MORE

6th December, 2017 0

BRAZIL ENVIRONMENTALIST MARINA SILVA TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT IN 2018


Brazil's former senator and presidential candidate Marina Silva speaks during a forum hosted by news magazine Veja in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 27, 2017... READ MORE

2nd December, 2017 181

Trending News Headlines : Ex-president Lula

ACCUSED OF CORRUPTION, POPULARITY NEAR ZERO WHY IS BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT STILL IN OFFICE?


Last month, the government of Temer, Rousseff's former vice-president, plunged to 3 percent in one poll... READ MORE

17th October, 2017 71772

WATCH BRAZILIAN POLICE ATTACK ANTI-IMPEACHMENT PROTESTERS


Riot police detain a man during an anti-impeachment protest in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Sunday... READ MORE

6th September, 2016 15204

BRAZILS LEADERS TOUT AUSTERITY (JUST NOT FOR THEM)


Given the volatile political landscape and the weak economy, a sense of hopelessness afflicts many Brazilians... READ MORE

4th March, 2017 11365

BRAZIL'S LULA SENTENCED TO PRISON ON CORRUPTION CHARGES


The judge has not asked for the former president's immediate arrest. Lula's lawyers could not be reached for comment... READ MORE

12th July, 2017 7997

NO ONE HAS EVER MADE A CORRUPTION MACHINE LIKE THIS ONE


Brazilian police had discovered Odebrecht's accounts in the island nation of Antigua and Barbuda and were pressing authorities there to share them... READ MORE

8th June, 2017 6036

BRAZILS FORMER PRESIDENT IS HELD FOR QUESTIONING


The move against Mr. da Silva raises serious questions about his political future and the ambitions of the governing Workers' Party to retain the presidency... READ MORE

4th March, 2016 4584

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

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

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

BRAZILS MOST ENTERTAINING SHOW MAY BE CONGRESS


There is the Party of the Brazilian Woman, for instance -- a group whose elected members in Congress are all men... READ MORE

14th May, 2016 1893

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

DILMA ROUSSEFF SUSPENDED AS SENATE VOTES TO IMPEACH BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT


Brazil's first female president stripped of duties in country's first impeachment in 24 years... READ MORE

12th May, 2016 1515

BRAZIL COULD SEE ANOTHER PRESIDENT EJECTED AFTER COURT APPROVES TEMER INVESTIGATION


President Michel Temer never solicited payments to obtain the silence of former deputy Eduardo Cunha... READ MORE

18th May, 2017 1513

DILMA ROUSSEFF IS OUSTED AS BRAZILS PRESIDENT IN IMPEACHMENT VOTE


But Ms. Rousseff and her supporters call her ouster a coup that undermines Brazil's young democracy... READ MORE

1st September, 2016 1197

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

MICHEL TEMER 'TAPED APPROVING EDUARDO CUNHA BRIBE'


President Michel Temer never solicited payments to obtain the silence of former deputy Eduardo Cunha, his office said a statement... READ MORE

18th May, 2017 1155

BRAZILIAN FIRMS TO PAY RECORD $3.5 BILLION PENALTY IN CORRUPTION CASE


Odebrecht and Braskem were charged with conspiring to violate the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which is aimed at deterring companies from bribing officials overseas... READ MORE

21st December, 2016 1140

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

ROUSSEFF LEAVES PRESIDENTIAL RESIDENCE TO SALUTATIONS FROM SUPPORTERS


Brazil's former President Dilma Rousseff left on Tuesday the official presidential residence, the Alvorada Palace, amid salutations from her supporters... READ MORE

7th September, 2016 1064

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

BRAZIL FOOTBALL CLUB TO OPEN CEMETERY


Fans will be able to choose from up to 70,000 plots at the Corinthians Forever cemetery near Sao Paulo... READ MORE

31st October, 2014 784

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

FIRST ARREST MADE IN GANG RAPE CASE IN BRAZIL


The Brazilian Center for Latin American Studies found that more than 92,000 women were killed in gender-related crimes, including rape and domestic abuse, from 1980 to 2010... READ MORE

29th May, 2016 666

MONSANTO, MICROSOFT TO INVEST IN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY IN BRAZIL


SAO PAULO U.S. biotech company Monsanto Co and Microsoft Corp announced on Monday a partnership to invest in agricultural technology startups in Brazil... READ MORE

5th July, 2016 635

DILMA ROUSSEFF FACING IMPEACHMENT IN BRAZIL HAS ALIENATED MANY ALLIES


The other, Dilma Rousseff, rose even higher, becoming the president of Latin America's largest country... READ MORE

2nd May, 2016 617

RIO'S ALTERNATIVE OPENING CEREMONY SHOWCASES THE LEFT'S ANGER OVER THE OLYMPICS


The contrast spoke volumes about how the artists, intellectuals, unionists and activists on Brazil's left see these Olympics... READ MORE

5th August, 2016 615

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

BRAZIL WORKERS PARTY FALLS FROM GRACE


In 1986, Mr. da Silva was elected to Congress and, two years later, a Workers' Party candidate won the mayoralty of Sao Paulo, the country's largest city... READ MORE

13th May, 2016 555

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


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