Tag: Brazil Elections 2018

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  Lula on stage calls on “democrats” to unite and defeat the “fascist adventure”

  

  Jailed ex-president Lula da Silva called on “democrats” on Wednesday to put aside their differences and unite in a bid to defeat a “fascist adventure” in Sunday's presidential election run-off. Right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro is favorite to defeat Lula's Workers Party (PT) colleague Fernando Haddad in the weekend's two-horse race.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 07:32 UTC

  Brazil's Supreme Court will rule on Lula's presidential candidacy in September

  

  Brazil’s Supreme Court will weigh in September an appeal by jailed former president Lula da Silva to be set free so he can join the presidential campaign already under way, a court spokesperson said on Monday.

• Tuesday, August 7th 2018 - 07:38 UTC

  Lula's party confirms plan B in case the ex president is barred from running in October

  

  Brazil's Workers' Party announced on Monday that former Sao Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad will become its presidential candidate if, as expected, jailed ex-president Lula da Silva is barred from running in the October election.

• Monday, July 16th 2018 - 08:20 UTC

  Lula the only hope for millions of Brazilians, says ex president Dilma Rousseff

  

  Brazil's ex-President Lula da Silva, who is serving a 12-year-one-month jail term for alleged corruption, represents “hope” for millions of Brazilians, former leader Dilma Rousseff said on Sunday. Rousseff succeeded Lula as president and belongs to the same left-leaning Workers' Party (PT), which named Lula its presidential candidate in upcoming Oct. 7 elections, despite his legal woes.

• Tuesday, March 13th 2018 - 09:24 UTC

  Brazil Finance minister Meirelles will decide in April if he runs for president

  

  Support for a presidential run by Brazil Finance Minister Henrique Meirelles is gaining strength within the country’s largest party and he could be nominated over President Michel Temer for the October presidential race, party officials said.

• Tuesday, March 13th 2018 - 09:20 UTC

  Brazil's speaker of the Lower House also wants to run for the presidency

  

  The speaker of Brazil’s lower house of Congress, Rodrigo Maia, said he will run for the presidency with a market-friendly platform advocating tax cuts and more efficient public spending. Maia’s preliminary nomination by his centre-right Democrats party, the main ally to President Michel Temer, must be formalized at a convention in late July.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 09:49 UTC

  Surprise shock for Lula: praise from Temer, “he's a very charismatic figure”

  

  Brazil's popular but scandal-plagued leftist ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva got an unlikely morale boost on Monday from a political nemesis, current President Michel Temer. Lula easily leads the polls heading to October's presidential election but his dream of returning to office was left in doubt last week after an appeals court upheld an earlier corruption conviction against him.

• Wednesday, January 24th 2018 - 09:07 UTC

  In support of Lula, the ITUC argues Brazilian legal system is biased and politically motivated

  

  The International Trade Unions Congress, ITUC, has issued a global call for solidarity with former Brazilian president Lula da Silva. On 24 January, a regional appeals court will decide on “politically motivated and false charges against Lula”. The judgment is largely seen as an attempt to stop him from standing for election again as well as to destroy his reputation.