Tag: Le Monde

• Friday, May 18th 2018 - 08:34 UTC

  Lula lashes out at his “farce” imprisonment; Judge strips him of presidential privileges

  

  Brazil's ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday lashed out against his imprisonment for corruption but the government rejected his claim to have been victim of a “farce” and a judge stripped him of presidential privileges. In a column in French newspaper Le Monde, Lula called his conviction and 12 year sentence for graft “a judicial farce” and said that presidential elections would be unfair without his participation.

• Wednesday, January 10th 2018 - 09:48 UTC

  Women to the rescue of men: don't fall into a “Puritanical” witch hunt

  

  Legendary French actress Catherine Deneuve is among 100 women who signed an editorial Tuesday in French daily Le Monde, criticizing the current #MeToo movement for restricting sexual freedom.