Tag: Lava Jato

Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:42 UTC
UN Committee agrees Lula's conviction was against the law

As incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro keeps closing in on the former head of State Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva ahead of this year's Oct. 2 elections, the United Nations Human Rights Committee Thursday ratified the PT leader's tights had been violated when he was tried and convicted for corruption in another episode of the Lava Jato saga.
Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Moro wants to become Brazil's “third way” amid polarization, despite being a Bolsonarist option

Former Lava Jato Judge Sergio Moro said he was “ready” to challenge President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva in the October 2022 elections.
Thursday, March 25th 2021 - 07:14 UTC
Sergio Moro's ruling on Lula was biased, says Brazil's Supreme Court

In a 3-2 split ruling, Brazil's Supreme Court Tuesday determined that Judge Sergio Moro's sentencing of former President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva (2003-2011) on corruption charges in the Lava Jate case was biased.
Tuesday, March 9th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Retrial of Lula da Silva makes him a formidable rival for Bolsonaro's reelection; financial markets rattled

The decision to annul former president Lula da Silva's conviction had an immediate effect in financial markets and scrambled forecasts for the 2022 Brazilian presidential race, with many investors betting it would polarize voters between right-wing populist president Jair Bolsonaro, and Lula, a left-wing populist but also his greatest opponent.
Thursday, February 4th 2021 - 09:32 UTC
Brazil ends the Car Wash anti corruption unit, which sent top politicians and business leaders to jail

Brazil’s Car Wash anti-corruption unit has officially been disbanded putting an end for a team of prosecutors that sent dozens of Brazilian and regional political and business leaders to jail, including several former presidents.
Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 07:25 UTC
The Economist: Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro dangerous divorce

On April 19, Brazil’s president, Jair Bolsonaro, climbed onto a truck outside army headquarters in Brasília to fire up protesters who were calling for a shutdown of Congress and the Supreme Court. Soon after, according to Folha de S. Paulo, he learned that federal police were investigating allegations that one of his sons, Carlos, runs an online fake-news network that may have inspired the protest.
Monday, February 10th 2020 - 10:34 UTC
Francis expected to receive ex president Lula at the Vatican next Thursday

Pope Francis will receive former Brazilian president Lula de Silva next February 13, according to reports advanced by the country's media and later confirmed by Lula in his twitter account.
Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 10:55 UTC
The strange passivity of Jair Bolsonaro, according to The Economist

The presidents of Brazil’s two houses of congress live side by side in modern mansions in Brasília, the capital. In May they built a door in the wall that divides their gardens, so they could meet without attracting notice. The political mood was fevered.
Friday, November 8th 2019 - 05:58 UTC
Brazilian Supreme Court ruling could release Lula and thousands of white collar criminals

Brazil's Supreme Court decided on Thursday to end the mandatory imprisonment of convicted criminals after they lose their first appeal, restoring the previous rule that they should be allowed to exhaust all their appeal options before being locked up.
Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Brazil Justices debating law that could free scores of convicts including Lula da Silva

Supreme Court judges in Brazil began voting Wednesday on whether to overturn a law requiring convicted criminals to go to jail after losing their first appeal, instead of waiting until the end of the legal process. A favorable ruling could result in the freeing of scores of convicts, including leftist former president Lula da Silva, who is serving eight years and 10 months for corruption.