Tag: Lula da Silva

• Saturday, March 5th 2016 - 08:59 UTC

  Malcorra sides with Lula da Silva, “hard to believe” what he's going through

  

  Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra sided with former president Lula da Silva arguing that it is hard to believe that a leader with such a record is under a criminal investigation, and underlined that all the economic and political scenario of Brazil has a great impact in Argentina.

• Friday, March 4th 2016 - 21:10 UTC

  Brazil political system in shock: police question Lula da Silva for three hours and raid his properties

  

  Brazilian police on Friday questioned former President Lula da Silva for over three hours and searched his home and other properties linked to him and his family, one of the most dramatic developments yet in the sprawling corruption case at the oil giant Petrobras.

• Wednesday, February 24th 2016 - 06:16 UTC

  Petrobras criminal investigation beiseging ex president Lula da Silva

  

  Brazil’s former president Lula da Silva may have known about or been involved in “criminal practices” including corruption and bribery, Federal Police said, as the widening Petrobras corruption investigation crept closer to the popular leader.

• Friday, February 5th 2016 - 07:17 UTC

  Lula da Silva included in criminal investigation involving bribes

  

  Brazil's federal police have included former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in an investigation into the possible use of bribes to influence the passage of legislation benefiting the auto sector, a court document showed on Thursday.

• Saturday, January 30th 2016 - 13:11 UTC

  Petrobras plans to slash 30% of management jobs in non-operating areas

  

  As Brazil struggles with a corruption scandal in which executives and politicians face investigations of alleged bribery, Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras announced it will slash management jobs as part of an efficiency drive approved by its board of directors.

• Friday, January 29th 2016 - 03:58 UTC

  Petrobras corruption uncovers beach-side apartments used as bribes and money laundering

  

  Beach-side apartments in Brazil may have been used as bribes and to launder money for members of the ruling Workers’ Party (PT), police and prosecutors said as they carried out six arrests and executed 15 search warrants in four cities.

• Friday, January 22nd 2016 - 07:05 UTC

  Lula furious over bribe allegations says he's the most honest man in Brazil

  

  Brazil's ex president Lula da Silva declared that there is “no more honest living soul in the country” than him, as he angrily rejected new corruption allegations linking himself and some of his relatives to the corruption scandal involving state-run oil company Petrobras.

• Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 07:59 UTC

  Former Petrobras manager states in plea-bargain that Lula was aware of the corruption scheme

  

  Former head of Petrobras' international sector Nestor Cervero has made a statement as part of his plea bargain, in which he says that Brazilian former president Lula a Silva gave him a job in 2008 as “recognition” for his help in repaying a R$12 million (US$3 million) loan considered fraudulent by police.

• Wednesday, January 13th 2016 - 05:06 UTC

  Crucial February for Rousseff: economic plan must convince investors and Congress

  

  With her job on the line, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is spending January developing an economic plan which she hopes will restore faith in her leadership and weaken looming impeachment proceedings against her.

• Saturday, December 19th 2015 - 02:40 UTC

  Close friend of Lula da Silva formally charged in the Petrobras corruption case

  

  The sprawling Petrobras corruption scandal web is again close to former president Lula da Silva, this landowner Jose Carlos Bumlai, arrested during Operation Lava Jato, was charged with corruption, money laundering and fraud.