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Milei on Lula: released over a procedural flaw, not for being innocent
Argentine President Javier Milei repeated his accusations against Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday, arguing that the corruption convictions once against him were annulled on formal grounds, in remarks that came just as Brazil's ambassador to Buenos Aires was preparing to return after being recalled for consultations. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesLula is a “thief and corrupt,” Milei said; he was “convicted and imprisoned, and was released over an administrative flaw rather than for being innocent.”
Aug 04th, 2026 - 01:08 am - Link - Report abuse -2“Lula’s imprisonment one of the worst mistakes in Brazil’s legal history,” wrote Justice Dias Toffoli in ruling which lowers the final curtain on US-orchestrated Car Wash/Lava Jato Investigation, which helped remove President Dilma Rousseff, jailed her likely successor Lula, and elected neofascist Jair Bolsonaro.”
https://en.mercopress.com/2023/09/07/lula-s-imprisonment-a-big-mistake-rules-brazil-s-stf
Milei is correct.
Aug 04th, 2026 - 03:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0So, they ‘annulled the convictions on the grounds that the Curitiba court lacked jurisdiction’, then annulled the Judge and then annulled the evidence.
Aug 04th, 2026 - 11:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0At what point was the evidence actually considered in this?
He certainly got off on a technicality rather than being exonerated of the crimes/accusations against him.
Bolsonaro seems no better though.
Corruption is the curse of S. America, amongst other places.
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Aug 07th, 2026 - 04:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The American States reaffirm the following principles:
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