Lula claims corruption charges are targeted to destroy him ahead of 2018 elections

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Brazil's former president Lula da Silva defended himself against corruption charges Thursday, saying the case against him was an attempt to destroy him politically ahead of elections in 2018.Speaking a day after prosecutors accused him of masterminding a massive corruption scheme at state oil company Petrobras, the popular leader launched a wide-ranging defense of his career and legacy. Read full article

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The former shoeshine boy and steelworker is without a job now!
Sep 16th, 2016 - 01:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkyYHdqBodg

English can translate through captions. After all, here in our America and the BRICS nobody talks barbarous languages.
Sep 16th, 2016 - 01:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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golfcronie
Christ Brasso, you do talk bollocks, you make no sense whatsoever.
Sep 16th, 2016 - 04:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
Must give it to the 9-fingered mollusc...he's a good actor ; but his soap opera performance only fools the ignorant 'petistas', of which the asshole at #2 is one...

His desperation is coming through....if he were innocent, he'd shrug it off instead of becoming so 'falsely' emotional....but he'll have plenty of time to cry and to regret his disgusting life while serving his time in prison.
LULA PRESIDIÁRIO 2017.
Sep 16th, 2016 - 05:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
You have to laugh at him with a degree of sure knowledge that all the voters who received the payments are going to vote for him again. Turkeys don't vote for Christmas and he knows it.

No different with The Broad Fraud of UYU buying the votes of the 1.4M turkeys of the stinking poor out of a 3.3M total population (inc children).
Sep 16th, 2016 - 07:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
Besides the mollusc already shitting his pants, so are dozens of other politicians. They know that when the biggest crook in Brazil goes down, so do they. The combined Task Force of the Federal Police /IRS / Federal prosecutors (totalling about 300 pretty sharp minds) which gave a fantastic presentation - to explain the facts and how they all fit into the puzzle, from which there can be no other conclusion - have also presented Congress with another big headache, and this is where the 'other' politicians, of just about every Party, have reason to be worried ...they've presented an anti-corruption package, in the form of a Law Project, with 10 main topics, which if approved, will send dozens to jail.... and now, it's leaked out that the politicians are trying to manipulate the press - even more than they usually do - in order to play it down, to try to cover up the shit that's going on behind the scenes .
It won't work, I think the better part of the Judiciary is fed up with all this political shit.
Sep 16th, 2016 - 10:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Hepatia
Apparently there was some sort of presser down in Brazil at which Powerpoint was used. People have been having lots of fun meming these displays: https://twitter.com/marthaesteves/status/776161701075058689

Its important to note that Lula has not been indicted yet - and, given that the Powerpoint presentation is the only evidence against him so far, may never be.
Sep 17th, 2016 - 12:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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REF: “I'm proud to have created the largest left-wing party in Latin America,” said Lula

He should be equally proud that most of his party's executives and close friends are in prison and have testified against him.

Lula can actually win the Oscars with his performances! He should be in Holywood instead [if not jailed].
Sep 17th, 2016 - 10:20 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
@7 Hippylarious
Yr logic is hilarious.....the Federal prosecutors were not attempting to produce proof of Lula's guilt, but just to explain the chronology of events - obviously supported by documents to be able to 'piece' it together - and how they all fit in.....the power point presentation was to facilitate the public's understanding of what happened, but in your case, it obviously didn't work too well...
Sep 19th, 2016 - 05:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Actually, he & his colleagues have very little to lose:

#1: http://folhapolitica.jusbrasil.com.br/noticias/112550641/lula-recebe-parte-de-r-3-milhoes-por-ano-dos-cofres-publicos-r-300-mil-por-palestra-r-9-mil-mensais-em-aposentadorias-e-r-13-mil-mensais-do-pt

#2: http://folhapolitica.jusbrasil.com.br/noticias/112550641/lula-recebe-parte-de-r-3-milhoes-por-ano-dos-cofres-publicos-r-300-mil-por-palestra-r-9-mil-mensais-em-aposentadorias-e-r-13-mil-mensais-do-pt

#3: http://folhapolitica.jusbrasil.com.br/noticias/112550641/lula-recebe-parte-de-r-3-milhoes-por-ano-dos-cofres-publicos-r-300-mil-por-palestra-r-9-mil-mensais-em-aposentadorias-e-r-13-mil-mensais-do-pt

#4: http://folhapolitica.jusbrasil.com.br/noticias/112550641/lula-recebe-parte-de-r-3-milhoes-por-ano-dos-cofres-publicos-r-300-mil-por-palestra-r-9-mil-mensais-em-aposentadorias-e-r-13-mil-mensais-do-pt
Sep 23rd, 2016 - 04:18 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
@10 :0))
The 9-fingered mollusc has indeed, very little to lose, financially speaking ....provided he doesn't go to prison. But more than financial issues, what would affect him the most, would be falling into disgrace, and the Lula-myth be debunked.
Sep 23rd, 2016 - 10:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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