Tag: Judge Sergio Moro

• Saturday, March 19th 2016 - 06:54 UTC

  Lula calls for justice, claims he is a victim of “unjustified acts of violence”

  

  Embattled former Brazilian president Lula da Silva on Friday released an open letter calling for “justice” as he affirmed he is the victim of “unjustified acts of violence.”“Justice, it is only justice what I expect for me and everybody within the framework of in-force democratic rule of law,” Lula said a day after he was sworn-in as the chief of staff of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and a judge in that country issued an injunction blocking his appointment.

• Friday, March 18th 2016 - 03:18 UTC

  Lula cabinet chief for twenty minutes; street protests in Brazilian cities

  

  Former leader Lula da Silva was sworn in as President Dilma Rousseff's chief of staff on Thursday amid a deepening crisis in Brazil as protests against his appointment continued for a second day and a judge sought to block the move.

• Thursday, March 17th 2016 - 06:38 UTC

  “When a rich man steals they name him minister”, Lula da Silva quote in 1998

  

  “When a poor man steals, he ends in jail; when a rich man steals he is named minister”, the phrase belongs to Lula da Silva back in 1998 when he was leading the opposition, and it is now being repeated in social networks. In effect, on Wednesday Lula was named chief of staff by president Dilma Rousseff, who also phoned him to tell him she would be sending him the official decree on his nomination, so that he make use of it “if necessary”.

• Thursday, March 17th 2016 - 06:13 UTC

  Protests erupt in Brazil as Rousseff confirms Lula da Silva as chief of staff

  

  Protests erupted in Brazilian cities on Wednesday after President Dilma Rousseff named her predecessor Lula da Silva chief of staff and a taped telephone conversation fed opposition claims the appointment was meant to shield Lula from prosecution.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2016 - 06:36 UTC

  Lula da Silva on the run ready o accept position in cabinet; markets and Real collapse on the news

  

  Brazil's ex-president Lula da Silva will accept a position in his successor's cabinet, according to a leading national newspaper, in order to protect himself from prosecution in a corruption case involving the state-run oil company, Petrobras. Rio-based O Globo newspaper reported on Tuesday that Lula had told several close advisers that he would rejoin the cabinet, citing no sources. Brazilian markets and currency collapsed on the news.

• Wednesday, March 9th 2016 - 05:14 UTC

  Construction tycoon sentenced to 19 years in prison for Petrobras corruption scandal

  

  Brazilian construction tycoon Marcelo Odebrecht, 47, was sentenced Tuesday to 19 years in prison for corruption and money laundering in the giant Petrobras embezzlement scandal shaking Latin America's biggest country Petrobras in what prosecution has identified as Operation Car Wash.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2016 - 14:29 UTC

  Senior judges concerned about Lula's arrest but admit “evidence is very serious”

  

  Senior judges in Brazil voiced concern over the detention of former President Lula da Silva, even as they threw their support behind the sweeping corruption investigation that threatens to topple his embattled successor. Lula’s three hours of questioning in police custody on Friday was the highest profile development in the two-year probe focused on state oil firm Petrobras.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 08:41 UTC

  A rancher close to Lula da Silva arrested on Petrobras corruption probe

  

  Brazilian authorities working on the country’s huge Petrobras corruption probe arrested Jose Carlos Bumlai, a rancher reportedly close to powerful former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2015 - 08:07 UTC

  Brazilian construction tycoon sentenced to 19 years in prison for Petrobras corruption scandal

  

  The federal judge handling the Petrobras corruption cases sentenced the former vice president of Brazilian engineering firm Mendes Junior to 19 years and four months in prison for his role in the massive kickback scheme.

• 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.