Tag: Lula da Silva jail

• Tuesday, October 29th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Alberto Fernandez and Bolsonaro on collision course over Lula and Mercosur

  

  Argentine elected president Alberto Fernandez on Sunday called for ex-president Lula da Silva to be freed from prison, which most certainly puts him on a collision course with Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2019 - 07:31 UTC

  Leaks have “Car Wash” team on the defensive; Lula's defense accuses prosecutors of preventing him run for president

  

  Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro and federal prosecutors scrambled to respond on Monday to reports published by news website The Intercept based on what it said were leaked messages from a corruption probe.

• Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 06:58 UTC

  Brazilian appeals court releases ex president Michel Temer: insufficient evidence for a “preventive” jailing

  

  Brazilian appeals court judge on Monday released former President Michel Temer from jail following his high-profile arrest on graft charges last week, which marked a fresh landmark in the country’s battle against political corruption.

• Monday, March 4th 2019 - 07:45 UTC

  Lula back in prison after attending the funeral of his grandson Arthur

  

  Ex Brazilian president Lula da Silva is back in prison after being let out to attend his grandson Arthur's funeral. The seven-year-old died of meningitis on Friday. Lula was allowed to go to the burial in São Paulo on Saturday, where supporters gathered to greet him. Lula is serving 12 years in prison on corruption charges.

• 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.

• Thursday, December 20th 2018 - 06:56 UTC

  Lula has to remain in jail while Justices decide on procedural controversy

  

  Brazil's former president Lula da Silva remained in prison on Wednesday as two Supreme Court judges issued competing orders over whether he should be released while he tries to get his graft conviction overturned.

• Thursday, November 8th 2018 - 06:55 UTC

  Brazil future Justice minister Moro pledges to fight organized crime and corruption

  

  The judge who is the most prominent face of Brazil's anti-corruption campaign denied that his appointment as justice minister was a reward for having convicted and jailed a political rival of his new boss.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2018 - 05:39 UTC

  Want to beat me? Try at the voting booth

  

  By Lula da Silva, former president of Brazil - I have been imprisoned for more than 100 days. Meantime, unemployment is increasing, more and more fathers and mothers are finding themselves unable to support their families, and an absurd pricing policy for fuel caused a truckers' strike that provoked shortages in Brazilian cities.

• Monday, April 9th 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Lula's defense hopes for an early retrieve if Supreme Court changes a key law

  

  Brazil's ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who began a 12-year jail sentence on Saturday in Curitiba, could win an early reprieve if the country's top court decides to change a key law. Marco Aurelio Mello, a judge at the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), said he would petition the divided court next Wednesday to revisit the current law on incarceration during appeals.

• Sunday, April 8th 2018 - 06:43 UTC

  Lula in prison in Curitiba. Fiery-emotional speech to supporters before turning in

  

  Brazil's leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned himself in Saturday to start a 12-year sentence for corruption after a chaotic attempt by supporters to stop him from surrendering. Surrounded by bodyguards, Lula had to push through a seething throng of supporters to get into a police vehicle outside the metalworkers' union building in Sao Bernardo do Campo, where he had been holed up for two days and nights.