Tag: Gleisi Hoffmann

• Thursday, February 7th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  Lula, in a new corruption conviction is sentenced to another 13 years in prison

  

  A Brazilian court on Wednesday handed a near 13-year sentence to Lula da Silva, in a new corruption conviction for the former president already serving a lengthy jail term in a separate case.

• Monday, April 30th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  Two supporters of Lula da Silva injured with gunshots in Curitiba

  

  A man was seriously wounded early on Saturday when a gunman opened fire on a vigil in the southern Brazilian city of Curitiba, where former president Lula da Silva is serving time for corruption, his party said.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2018 - 08:15 UTC

  Brazil's Lula gives his party the green light to find a new presidential candidate

  

  Brazil's ex-president Lula, who is imprisoned for corruption, on Tuesday gave his Workers' Party (PT) the green light to find a new candidate for the October presidential election in which he remains the frontrunner. “I want you to feel totally free to take whatever decision you need because 2018 is an important year for the PT, for the left and for democracy,” wrote Lula da Silva in a letter to the party leadership.

• Friday, January 19th 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  Lula is no radical or a threat to stability: everyone won when he was president

  

  The leader of Brazil's Workers' Party, PT, argued in an interview that former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is anything but radical and does not pose a threat to Brazilian financial stability. Brazilian senator Gleisi Hoffman told Bloomberg News that Lula is working on a second “letter to Brazilian people” (as he did in 2002) to reassure the markets about his commitment to fiscal responsibility.

• Friday, November 3rd 2017 - 07:08 UTC

  Brazilian electorate divided on Lula: half want him as president and the other half in jail

  

  Half of Brazilians want former President Lula da Silva to win next year's election and return to the office he occupied between 2003 and 2010. The other half wants him in prison for a corruption conviction.

• Friday, July 14th 2017 - 08:00 UTC

  Lula defies conviction and formally launches his presidential candidacy

  

  The former Brazilian president Lula da Silva responded defiantly to his conviction on corruption charges by formally launching his candidacy for next year’s presidential election.

• Thursday, August 27th 2015 - 04:41 UTC

  Dilma has an extra 12 days to show 'non-doctored' government accounts

  

  Brazil's highest accounting court gave another 15 days for President Dilma Rousseff to respond to accusations she doctored the government accounts last year to hide the deterioration of the country's finances.

• Monday, August 12th 2013 - 01:09 UTC

  Brazil to auction Rio do Janeiro and Belo Horizonte airports concessions

  

  An auction to privatize airports in Rio and Belo Horizonte, two host cities for the 2014 World Cup, will be held on October 31, Brazilian authorities have announced.

• Thursday, June 6th 2013 - 06:06 UTC

  Brazil signs bill expanding private sector participation in the clogged ports

  

  Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff signed into law on Wednesday new regulations to make its ports more efficient and attract up to 12 billion dollars in investments as the country finally begins to tackle logistics bottlenecks hampering vast farm exports.