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Tag: Lula da Silva

  • Friday, September 14th 2018 - 09:25 UTC

    Brazil currency closed on Thursday at a record low on political uncertainty

    The Real lost 1.12% of its value on Thursday and has now lost 21.06% since the start of the year.

    Brazil's currency closed at a record low of 4.197 to the US dollar on Thursday amid uncertainty and unpredictability surrounding next month's presidential elections. The previous record of 4.166 dated back to January 2016, during a two-and-a-half-year recession.

  • Friday, September 14th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

    Brazil's Bolsorano recovering but his presidential campaigning is over

    Bolsonaro has had three operations, including two emergency procedures, since the attack.

    Jair Bolsonaro, the Brazilian far-right frontrunner for president, on Thursday was recovering from emergency surgery with no complications, but his running mate said his return to campaigning would be further delayed.

  • Wednesday, September 12th 2018 - 08:38 UTC

    Lula must now ensure the transfer of his voters to candidate Fernando Haddad

    Lula had stepped aside to allow running mate Fernando Haddad to stand for the presidency, PT president Senator Gleisi Hoffman said

    Brazil's imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, on Tuesday ended his legal battle to run for the top office in next month's election. Senator Gleisi Hoffmann, head of the leftist Workers Party (PT) that Lula founded, made the announcement in the southern city of Curitiba, where the popular Lula has been jailed on corruption charges since April.

  • Tuesday, September 11th 2018 - 15:31 UTC

    Lula's party expected to announce Haddad as the presidential candidate

    Lula and Haddad huddled together on Monday afternoon in his jail room and allegedly began to draw up the letter.

    Jailed former Brazilian president Lula da Silva is expected to allow his Workers Party to announce running mate Fernando Haddad as its candidate, following the latest ruling from the Supreme Court. Lula had hoped the Justices would agree to an appeal for more time to switch the head of the Workers Party (PT) ticket after Brazil’s top electoral court last week banned him from running due to a corruption conviction and gave him 10 days to remove his name.

  • Tuesday, September 11th 2018 - 08:15 UTC

    Lula waiting for Supreme Court decision before giving up his presidential candidacy

    Lula spent Monday in his prison cell with his lawyers and Fernando Haddad, who is the vice presidential candidate on PT's ticket and is Lula's choice to replace him

    Brazil's imprisoned former president Lula da Silva will not yet bow out of next month's presidential race, waiting first to hear a Supreme Court decision on an appeal of his ban from running, his legal team said. His decision takes his leftist Workers' Party (PT) close to the limit on registering a candidate for the October 7 election, with a court having set Tuesday as the deadline for the PT to name a replacement nominee.

  • Monday, September 10th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

    Army chief warns politicians about “further dividing Brazilian society”

    Vilas Boas said “the worst scenario” would be for a president to be elected with a pending court ruling “removing legitimacy… further dividing Brazilian society.”

    The head of Brazil’s military has issued a warning against the presidential candidacy of the country’s imprisoned former leader Lula da Silva, who has been banned from standing for office on corruption charges.

  • Friday, September 7th 2018 - 09:03 UTC

    Lula will tell his followers next week to vote for Fernando Haddad

    Lula will ask his followers to vote for Haddad, sources said. The PT has until the end of Tuesday to register Haddad as its presidential candidate

    Brazil’s jailed former president Lula da Silva is preparing to give up his bid to run in next month’s presidential election, party sources said, after he lost two appeals at the Supreme Court on Thursday. That will remove the most popular candidate from October’s race and pave the way for Lula’s hand-chosen successor, Fernando Haddad, to become the Workers Party (PT) candidate.

  • Wednesday, September 5th 2018 - 08:24 UTC

    Lula's running vice president candidate charged with corruption

    Haddad, an ex mayor of Sao Paulo, will likely become PT’s presidential candidate within days as imprisoned Lula da Silva was barred from running. Photo: Reuters

    Sao Paulo state prosecutors in Brazil said on Tuesday they have charged the Workers Party (PT) vice presidential candidate Fernando Haddad with corruption, but any potential trial would not hinder his ability to run.

  • Tuesday, September 4th 2018 - 08:52 UTC

    Bye, Bye Lula

    The two terms president and most popular politician in Brazil, Lula da Silva, is currently jailed in Curitiba

    On Sunday, Brazil’s top electoral court ruled that “Lula”, former president Luiz Inácio da Silva, cannot run in the presidential election this October. He served two terms as president (2003-2011), he dutifully waited out the following two terms, and his Workers’ Party (PT) has nominated him for the presidency again.

  • Tuesday, September 4th 2018 - 08:48 UTC

    Brazil's Electoral Court bans political campaign ads with Lula da Silva

    A small political party Novo, filed the complaint after Lula appeared on a radio on Saturday

    Brazil's top electoral court has banned political campaign ads showing former president Lula da Silva as a candidate, according to a ruling made on Sunday in response to a complaint by the Novo party.