Tag: Lula da Silva

• Friday, November 8th 2019 - 05:58 UTC

  Brazilian Supreme Court ruling could release Lula and thousands of white collar criminals

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court decided on Thursday to end the mandatory imprisonment of convicted criminals after they lose their first appeal, restoring the previous rule that they should be allowed to exhaust all their appeal options before being locked up.

• 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.

• Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Brazil Justices debating law that could free scores of convicts including Lula da Silva

  

  Supreme Court judges in Brazil began voting Wednesday on whether to overturn a law requiring convicted criminals to go to jail after losing their first appeal, instead of waiting until the end of the legal process. A favorable ruling could result in the freeing of scores of convicts, including leftist former president Lula da Silva, who is serving eight years and 10 months for corruption.

• Monday, September 30th 2019 - 08:03 UTC

  Brazil's ex chief prosecutor admits wanting to kill one of the Justices for smearing his daughter

  

  A judge in Brazil has issued a restraining order against a former attorney general after he admitted carrying a gun inside the Supreme Court to kill one of the justices. Rodrigo Janot served as chief public prosecutor for four years until 2017.

• Friday, September 27th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Brazil Supreme Court ruling could overturn corruption convictions

  

  Brazilian Supreme Court justices approved late on Thursday a ruling that may overturn corruption convictions in the country's largest-ever corruption probe. The majority of the Supreme Court ruled that defendants mentioned in plea deals by witnesses also accused of corruption should have the right to defend themselves after testimony of the whistleblower - the right to address the court last.

• Saturday, September 21st 2019 - 12:41 UTC

  Alberto Fernández on tour, meets with Evo in Bolivia

  

  Bolivia's President Evo Morales and Argentina's presidential frontrunner Alberto Fernández met Thursday evening in Santa Cruz de la Sierra to discuss Latin American region and possible future joint actions.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

  Brazil’s ex president Temer admits that Rousseff's impeachment was a “coup”

  

  Brazil former president, Michel Temer, described for the first time the dismissal of his predecessor Dilma Rousseff as a “coup”, as the left marks the political trial that removed the ex-president of the Workers Party from power.

• Monday, September 2nd 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Lula da Silva accuses Bolsonaro of stupidity and tarnishing Brazil's reputation

  

  Ex Brazilian president Lula da Silva has accused the incumbent leader Jair Bolsonaro of “stupidity” and of been guided ideologically by someone that doesn't believe the world is round, all of which has thrown into the drain, the country's reputation.

• Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner leads call to free ex Brazil president Lula da Silva

  

  Presidential frontrunner Alberto Fernandez and running-mate Cristina Kirchner led calls by dozens of Argentine personalities on Tuesday to free Brazil's jailed leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Human rights activists, lawmakers, trade unionists, artists and scientists signed a petition published in the left-leaning Pagina 12 daily.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Alberto Fernández is like a matryoshka doll, “you open it and out pops, Cristina, Lula, Chavez...”

  

  Argentine primary winner, Alberto Fernandez is like the Russian mamushka doll, “you open it and out pops Cristina Fernandez, again you open it and out pops Lula, and again, Hugo Chavez”, said Brazilian foreign minister Ernesto Araújo.