Tag: Lindbergh Farias

• Friday, April 6th 2018 - 07:47 UTC

  Lula expected to continue campaigning from jail as the Workers Party readies a Plan B and option candidate

  

  Even when Brazilian ex president Lula da Silva was described as facing Judge Sergio Moro's Friday jailing decision calmly, the big question now is what follows for the presidential candidate and the Workers Party chances ahead of the coming October presidential election.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2015 - 07:05 UTC

  Brazilian lawmakers accused of Petrobras graft fight back

  

  Brazil’s congressional heads denied involvement in the country’s largest graft scandal after being named among dozens of politicians for investigation. Renan Calheiros and Eduardo Cunha, the heads of the Senate and Lower House respectively, and Rio de Janeiro Senator Lindbergh Farias all rejected allegations of graft in the Petrobras kickback scheme dubbed “Carwash.”