Tag: Brazil Workers Party

• Thursday, November 24th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Bolsonaro's party officially questions outcome of elections

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's Liberal Party (PL) called for a partial annulment of the Oct. 30 elections whereby the opposition candidate and former head of state Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of the Workers' Party (PT)was chosen to return to the Planalto Palace on Jan. 1.

• Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 11:00 UTC

  Ex Lula minister son arrested for bribes in construction of giant dam

  

  Brazilian authorities arrested a former energy minister’s son on Tuesday for allegedly receiving 50 million reais in bribes (US$ 12 million) together with his father, involving the construction of a giant dam.

• Tuesday, May 1st 2018 - 07:09 UTC

  Lula da Silva and PT chief Hoffmann hit with fresh corruption charges

  

  Imprisoned former Brazilian President Lula da Silva, along with the current leader of the Workers Party he founded, was hit on Monday with fresh corruption charges by federal prosecutors.

• Thursday, April 12th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  Sixty Brazilian members of Congress added Lula to their names

  

  More than 60 Brazilian members of congress from the opposition Worker's Party have formally changed their names. They have added the name 'Lula', after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was jailed last weekend.

• Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 08:57 UTC

  Rousseff and Lula furious with Netflix series “The Mechanism” on corruption

  

  Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has accused Netflix of political bias and character assassination in its series based on the massive Car Wash corruption investigation that rocked Brazil’s political establishment. Since its debut last week, the series called “The Mechanism” has enthralled Brazilians with its dramatization of the political scandal that contributed to Rousseff’s downfall and impeachment in 2016.