Tag: Lula
Marina Silva Announces She’s Running for the Fourth Time for President of Brazil
Marina Silva, Brazil’s third most popular candidate in the past three presidential elections, has ...
World Social Forum: Brazil Wishes to Show Again that Another World Is Possible
It was in 2001. Almost a generation ago now! The first World Social Forum ...
Brazilians Can’t Decide: Half Want Lula as President and the Other Half Want Him in Jail
Half of Brazilians want former President Lula da Silva to win next year’s election ...
If He Doesn’t Go to Jail and People Don’t Change Their Mind, Lula Will Be Brazil’s Next President
Despite being sentenced to nine years and six months over alleged corruption charges in ...
Once Again Defiant Lula Calls Judge Biased and Says Charges Against Him Are a Witch Hunt
Former President Lula da Silva told a Brazilian court on Wednesday that the corruption ...
Forget the American Dream. What Brazil Needs Is a Parliamentary Monarchy
I am a Canadian by birth. My wife is Brazilian. Naturally we try to ...
Brazil’s Prosecutor-general Says Only a New Culture Can End the Country’s Endemic Corruption
Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Rodrigo Janot released a statement saying that the unprecedented quality and quantity ...
After Legislative and Executive Scandals, Brazil’s Judiciary Shows It’s Not Without Its Sins
With the current president Michel Temer under suspicion and two former presidents, Luiz Inácio ...
Lula’s Ex-minister and Confidante Accuses Brazil’s Former President of Accepting US$ 100 Million in Bribes
A former finance minister and close confidant of Lula accused Brazil’s ex-president of receiving ...
Former Brazilian Presidents Lula and Rousseff Charged with Stealing US$ 470 Million from Oil Giant Petrobras
The Brazilian Attorney General, Rodrigo Janot, has accused former presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da ...
