Tag: Lula da Silva

Thursday, March 11th 2021 - 09:59 UTC
Lula launches 2022 presidential campaign: “health, jobs and justice for Brazil”

Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva launched on Wednesday the campaign for the 2022 presidential election, which is anticipated will be dominated by attacks on Jair Bolsonaro on the pandemic, a weak economy and deep political polarization.
Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 09:20 UTC
Brazilian Supreme Court divided on overturning graft convictions of Lula da Silva

The Brazilian Supreme Court was divided on Tuesday on overturning graft convictions of ex-president Lula da Silva, which could definitively clear his name ahead of a possible 2022 presidential election if he decides to run.
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.
Tuesday, October 20th 2020 - 09:54 UTC
Populism in Brazil: how liberalisation and austerity led to the rise of Lula and Bolsonaro

By Patricia Justino and Bruno Martorano (*) – While the rise of populist politicians in Europe and the US gets a lot of attention from the media and researchers alike, the drivers of the populism taking hold in emerging and developing economies still receives relatively little scrutiny.
Thursday, October 8th 2020 - 09:25 UTC
Bolsonaro dumps “Operation Car Wash” because there is “no more corruption in the government”

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that he has ended the country's biggest-ever corruption probe, “Operation Car Wash,” as there is “no more corruption in the government.”
Thursday, October 1st 2020 - 09:01 UTC
Bolsonaro government announces new minimum income program, to replace Lula's Bolsa Familia

Brazil's government detailed how it would pay for a new minimum income program called Renda Cidada, with President Jair Bolsonaro and Economy Minister Paulo Guedes still pledging to honor the country's spending cap and fiscal rules.
Monday, September 21st 2020 - 09:34 UTC
Barred Lula offers to back any candidate who can beat Jair Bolsonaro

Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva has offered to back any candidate who can beat far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in the upcoming 2022 elections. Lula is currently barred from seeking elected office as he is fighting two criminal convictions for graft that bar him from running. He can run himself if he is able to overturn the convictions, but he also faces five further indictments.
Tuesday, September 15th 2020 - 09:11 UTC
Lula charged with money laundering bribes from Odebrecht

Prosecutors in Brazil's sprawling Car Wash corruption investigation on Monday charged former President Lula da Silva with money laundering, less than a year after the country's top court ordered him freed from jail while he appealed his conviction in another case.
Thursday, September 10th 2020 - 09:22 UTC
Brazil's top prosecutor keeps active anti corruption task force that jailed ex-president Lula da Silva

The office of Brazil’s top prosecutor has decided to keep the country’s famed Car Wash anti-corruption task force active through Jan. 31, it said in a statement on Wednesday, in an at least temporary victory for the embattled group of prosecutors.
Friday, September 4th 2020 - 08:50 UTC
Brazilian court annuls one of Lula da Silva's nine criminal cases for alleged corruption

A Brazilian court annulled one of nine criminal cases opened for alleged corruption against former President Lula da Silva because there was “insufficient evidence” to continue the process.