Tag: Lula da Silva

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 19:38 UTC

  Brazil, 20th judicial win for former leader Lula

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday achieved his 20th judicial victory after yet another case against him was dismissed due to lack of evidence.

• Tuesday, September 14th 2021 - 09:51 UTC

  Brazil's STF may sentence Bolsonaro to pay fine over homophobic statements

  

  A lawsuit filed against Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro for statements made in March 2011 during a TV show at the time he was a deputy Monday reached the country's Federal Superior Court (STF).

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Brazilian Supreme Judges react to Bolsonaro and call for his impeachment; markets plunge

  

  The leading index of Sao Paulo's stock exchange Bovespa dropped on Wednesday 3,78% to 113,413 points in reaction to Tuesday's “anti-democratic” speeches from Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, and his attacks on the Federal Supreme Court, STF, precisely on Tuesday 7 September, Independence Day.

• Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 09:11 UTC

  Opposition also stage demonstrations against Bolsonaro in Brazil: law scholars say President should be impeached

  

  Brazilian opposition supporters convened Tuesday to stage their rallies across at least some 160 cities nationwide and express their dislike for President's Jair Bolsonaro's Independence Day celebrations in Brasilia and Sao Paulo.

• Tuesday, September 7th 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Bolsonaro and Lula da Silva plan rallies on Tuesday, Brazil's Independence Day

  

  Tuesday 7 September is the Grito do Ipiranga festivity or Independence Day in Brazil, and on this occasion president Jair Bolsonaro supporters and opposition militants will be taking to the streets.

• Wednesday, August 11th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Brazil: Lula likens Bolsonaro to former US President Donald Trump

  

  After staging an unprecedented military parade in front of the Planalto Palace, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro was heavily criticized by his predecessor and electoral rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who said he wants to imitate Donald Trump.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 09:55 UTC

  Bolsonaro announces cabinet reshuffle and casts doubts on his running for a second term as Brazil's president next year

  

  Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro Wednesday announced he was evaluating a cabinet reshuffle and also expressed doubts about running for a new term in office in October 2022.

• Wednesday, July 21st 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  Brazil: Lula says “stupid” Bolsonaro shall not win 2022 elections

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003-2011) Tuesday asked current President Jair Bolsonaro to stop being “stupid” and forecast the latter shall not be reelected in October 2022.

• Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 08:25 UTC

  Bolsonaro calls judge opposing printed ballots “an idiot”

  

  One day after saying he could not care less -but with a harsher vocabulary- about the Senatorial Committee (CPI) investigating his management of the coronavirus pandemic, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro called Superior Electoral Court (TSE) Justice Luís Roberto Barroso “an idiot.”

• Friday, July 2nd 2021 - 09:43 UTC

  Bolsonaro vows not to concede defeat if he loses elections through fraud

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Thursday warned he would not hand over his sash to anyone if he is beaten through electoral fraud.