Tag: Lula da Silva

• Monday, December 30th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Ex judge Moro chosen as one of the decade's personalities by the Financial Times

  

  Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro was chosen as one of the fifty personalities of the decade by the Financial Times, a list which includes activists, politicians, business people and sports persons from all over the world.

• Saturday, December 7th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Bolsonaro and minister Moro clearly lead presidential opinion polls

  

  If elections were held today in Brazil, president Jair Bolsonaro would be the clearly re-elected with the exception of two scenarios, if facing ex-president Lula da Silva, and current Justice minister Sergio Moro, according to a public opinion poll contracted by the magazine Veja.

• Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Bolsonaro minister “military scare” phrase backfires and forces an apology

  

  Two of Brazil’s former presidents, a chief justice and heads of both chambers of Congress repudiated the country’s economy minister for saying the government might take draconian steps if leftist opponents stirred up protests such as those in Chile.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 10:55 UTC

  The strange passivity of Jair Bolsonaro, according to The Economist

  

  The presidents of Brazil’s two houses of congress live side by side in modern mansions in Brasília, the capital. In May they built a door in the wall that divides their gardens, so they could meet without attracting notice. The political mood was fevered.

• Saturday, November 9th 2019 - 10:59 UTC

  Hundreds cheer Lula da Silva as he walks from jail a free man

  

  Brazil's icon Lula da Silva walked free from jail on Friday after a year and a half behind bars for corruption following a court ruling that could release thousands of convicts. The former president, wearing a black T-shirt and suit jacket, pumped his fist in the air as he exited the federal police headquarters in the southern city of Curitiba and was quickly mobbed by hundreds of supporters and journalists.

• 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.