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Lula waiting for Supreme Court decision before giving up his presidential candidacy

Tuesday, September 11th 2018 - 08:15 UTC
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Brazil's imprisoned former president Lula da Silva will not yet bow out of next month's presidential race, waiting first to hear a Supreme Court decision on an appeal of his ban from running, his legal team said. His decision takes his leftist Workers' Party (PT) close to the limit on registering a candidate for the October 7 election, with a court having set Tuesday as the deadline for the PT to name a replacement nominee. Read full article

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