Tag: Lula da Silva

• Monday, September 3rd 2018 - 09:24 UTC

  Lula's party challenges Electoral Court ruling and keeps him as candidate

  

  Brazil's Workers Party, PT, said on Saturday that it's sticking with former president Lula da Silva as its presidential candidate even though the electoral court has thrown him off the ballot for an election just five weeks away.

• Saturday, September 1st 2018 - 07:36 UTC

  Lula barred from running in October elections; Haddad will lead the PT slate

  

  Brazil's top electoral court, TSE, on early Saturday ended the political comeback plans of former president Lula da Silva, barring him from running in elections in October. Lula is in prison having been sentenced to twelve years for corruption last April.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 07:32 UTC

  Brazil's Supreme Court will rule on Lula's presidential candidacy in September

  

  Brazil’s Supreme Court will weigh in September an appeal by jailed former president Lula da Silva to be set free so he can join the presidential campaign already under way, a court spokesperson said on Monday.

• Friday, August 24th 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  Brazilian currency sliding to record lows ahead of October's election outcome

  

  The Brazilian currency Real fell to a 31-month low versus the U.S. dollar on Thursday on jitters ahead of the country’s October election. Jitters across emerging markets caused by a stronger U.S. dollar and exacerbated by the unfolding currency crisis in Turkey already took a toll on the Brazilian unit before this week.

• Thursday, August 23rd 2018 - 09:06 UTC

  Opinion polls confirm Lula's popularity and rattles markets

  

  The popularity of imprisoned former Brazilian president Lula da Silva has grown strongly despite his corruption conviction, an election poll on Wednesday showed, a result that rattled markets and raised the possibility that Lula’s running mate could ultimately become the next occupant of the country’s presidential palace.

• Tuesday, August 21st 2018 - 08:10 UTC

  Brazilian election increasingly polarized: Lula's support increases and so does far right Bolsonaro

  

  Jailed former president Lula da Silva has increased his support by five percentage points and would win Brazil's October presidential election if he was allowed to run, a poll by CNT/MDA showed on Monday. The survey, which was last taken in May, found that almost half of the leftist leader's supporters would transfer their votes to his running mate Fernando Haddad if Lula is disqualified from Brazil's most uncertain race in decades.

• Saturday, August 18th 2018 - 07:38 UTC

  UN Human Rights Committee asks Lula be allowed to exercise political rights

  

  The United Nations Human Rights Committee, a panel of independent experts, on Friday said it had requested that the Brazilian government allow imprisoned former president Lula da Silva to exercise his political rights as a presidential candidate.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2018 - 07:30 UTC

  There Is a Right-Wing Coup Underway in Brazil, but Justice will prevail

  

  By Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (*) Curitiba.- Sixteen years ago, Brazil was in crisis; its future uncertain. Our dreams of developing into one of the world’s most prosperous and democratic countries seemed imperiled.

• Tuesday, August 7th 2018 - 07:38 UTC

  Lula's party confirms plan B in case the ex president is barred from running in October

  

  Brazil's Workers' Party announced on Monday that former Sao Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad will become its presidential candidate if, as expected, jailed ex-president Lula da Silva is barred from running in the October election.

• Saturday, August 4th 2018 - 09:11 UTC

  Brazilian parties' nomination Saturday; Workers Party will insist with Lula

  

  Brazil's ex president and currently jailed for corruption, Lula da Silva is expected to secure his Workers Party's nomination this Saturday and continue to overshadow more likely candidates in the country's most unpredictable presidential election for decades.