Tag: Lula da Silva

• Monday, April 8th 2019 - 11:20 UTC

  Thousands of followers rallied to support ex president Lula da Silva outside his prison

  

  Several thousand supporters of former Brazilian president Lula Inacio da Silva rallied on Sunday outside the prison where he has now been held for a year, as they demanded his release and chanted slogans against current leader Jair Bolsonaro.

• Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  Lula's to mark one year in prison next Sunday; all legal appeals rejected so far

  

  
Since entering prison a year ago, Brazil's former president Lula da Silva has been spending his days working out in his cell and fighting to prove his innocence.

• Tuesday, March 26th 2019 - 08:44 UTC

  Ex Italian communist terrorist, protected in Brazil by Lula da Silva, admits four murders

  

  A former communist militant Cesare Battisti has admitted to four murders in Italy during the 1970s, according to local press. Battisti, 64, spent decades on the run and previously denied any involvement. He was arrested in Bolivia in January after living in Brazil, and later extradited to Italy.

• 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.

• Saturday, February 9th 2019 - 07:16 UTC

  US Justice investigating Petrobras bribe money channeled through global trading companies

  

  U.S. authorities have joined Brazil’s investigation into alleged bribery involving Petrobras and some of the world’s largest trading companies, according to the Brazilian law enforcement officer in charge of the probe.

• 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.

• Saturday, February 2nd 2019 - 09:14 UTC

  Petrobras begins development of massive offshore field; Brazil targets 7.5m bpd in a decade

  

  Petrobras has put the finishing touches on the first wave of development at the massive offshore Brazil Lula Field, pumping first oil from the latest floating production unit to be installed at the country's largest oil and natural gas producer, the company announced on Friday.

• Monday, January 21st 2019 - 09:17 UTC

  Former minister and advisor confirms payments of bribes in hand to Lula da Silva

  

  Antonio Palocci, who was minister during the governments of Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff, affirmed that he gave the former president, in “several opportunities”, cash proceeds of bribes from the construction companies Odebrecht and Andrade Gutierrez, according to the Globo Group.

• Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 22:00 UTC

  Massive security preparations for Bolsonaro's inauguration

  

  Authorities in Brazil say they are making massive security preparations for the inauguration of President-elect Jair Bolsonaro on Jan. 1. Security around the future president has been high since he was stabbed with a knife on Sept. 6, causing a ruptured intestine.

• 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.