Tag: Lula da Silva

• Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

  Lula's appeal to be freed delayed until at least August

  

  Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday delayed until August its decision on an appeal by imprisoned former President Lula da Silva who argued he should be freed because leaked private messages showed that the judge who convicted him was not impartial.

• Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Lula's habeas corpus request postponed with no date set

  

  The Brazilian Supreme Court postponed on Monday the voting for the habeas corpus request of Brazil's former president Lula da Silva. Supreme Court Judge Carmen Lucia took off the review for the habeas corpus from the schedule for Tuesday, and a new date has not been set.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Lava Jato leaks: Calls for Minister Moro to resign

  

  Brazil’s Justice Minister Sergio Moro faced intense pressure on Tuesday after leaked personal messages raised doubts about his impartiality as the judge overseeing landmark corruption cases, with an influential newspaper calling on him to resign.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2019 - 07:31 UTC

  Leaks have “Car Wash” team on the defensive; Lula's defense accuses prosecutors of preventing him run for president

  

  Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro and federal prosecutors scrambled to respond on Monday to reports published by news website The Intercept based on what it said were leaked messages from a corruption probe.

• Tuesday, May 21st 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Lula is in love and plans to marry once released from prison

  

  Brazil's imprisoned ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, still loved by large parts of the population, plans to remarry if he is released from prison, a former minister said. Lula, 73, a widower for the past two years, has been sentenced to more than two decades behind bars in two separate corruption cases.

• Saturday, April 27th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Lula da Silva claims that Brazil is governed by “a gang of madmen”

  

  Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva on Friday said the country is governed by a “gang of madmen” in his first interview from prison, where he is serving an almost nine-year sentence.

• Wednesday, April 24th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  Brazilian ex president Lula could be partially free by next September

  

  Brazil's jailed former leftist president, Lula da Silva, could gain partial freedom within five months following a court decision on Tuesday to reduce his sentence in one of two corruption convictions.

• Friday, April 12th 2019 - 09:08 UTC

  Bolsonaro announces 13th month payment for 14 million of Family Fund recipients

  

  Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro announced Thursday an expansion of a social welfare program that was created by his jailed left-wing foe 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.