Brazil court upholds Lula graft conviction: 'Focus now shifts from the...
FRANCE 24''s Tim Vickery explains why Wednesday''s appeals court ruling doesn''t yet spell the end of Lula''s election hopes.
View ArticleBrazil court upholds Lula graft conviction in blow to election hopes
A Brazilian appeals court Wednesday upheld ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's conviction for corruption, dealing a body blow to his hopes of running for re-election this year.
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IN THE WORLD PAPERS - Thursday, January 25: There's not a lot of love lost for former Brazilian president Lula, whose corruption conviction has been upheld on appeal. Is his political career over?...
View ArticlePrison or the presidency? Brazil's Lula defies corruption charges
Lula's lost a battle but insists he'll win the war. Brazil's charismatic former president is vowing to fight on after appellate judges upheld his bribery conviction. Polls show that even with other...
View ArticleFrance 24's Tim Vickery reports from Rio after Brazil's Workers' Party backs...
France 24's Tim Vickery reports from Rio after Brazil's Workers' Party backs Lula
View ArticleBrazil's Workers Party announces Lula as its presidential candidate
Brazil’s Workers Party said on Thursday that its founder and former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be its candidate again in the October election, despite losing an appeal against a...
View ArticleBrazil's ex-leader Lula defies court ruling, sights still set on presidency
Despite a court upholding his conviction on corruption and money laundering charges, Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is still determined to run in the October elections, telling...
View ArticleBrazilian judge orders police to seize ex-president Lula’s passport
A Brazilian court on Thursday approved the seizure of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s passport, the Justice Ministry said, after an appeals court upheld the corruption conviction of the...
View ArticleBrazil: Lula risks jail in coming weeks after top court ruling
Brazil: Lula risks jail in coming weeks after top court ruling
View ArticleTop Brazil court denies former president Lula's bid to avoid jail
A top Brazilian court rejected a bid by former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to stave off prison Tuesday, ruling he can be arrested if his 12-year jail sentence is upheld on appeal.
View ArticleShots fired at campaign buses of Brazil's ex-president Lula
Gunshots hit two buses in a caravan for former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's campaign tour in southern Brazil on Tuesday, officials in his Worker's Party said. No one was hurt.
View ArticleBrazil's top court rules ex-president Lula can be jailed for graft conviction
Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's bid to delay a 12 year prison sentence for corruption in a ruling that could upend presidential elections in...
View ArticleSweet revenge: Teen fights back after being fat-shamed at cupcake bakery
IN THE PAPERS - Thursday, April 5: We look at reactions to the Brazilian Supreme Court ruling that former president Lula must serve his prison sentence. In the UK, gaffe-prone Boris Johnson is...
View ArticleBrazil's Lula suffers downfall as stunning as his rise
Lula finds himself on the ropes after a Supreme Court ruling that could send him to prison.
View ArticleBrazil's Lula faces possible prison sentence
"A move that effectively ends his political career" - FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor Douglas Herbert.
View ArticleBrazil’s Lula suffers downfall as stunning as his rise
A former shoeshine boy and steelworker who rose to become one of Brazil’s most popular presidents, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s downfall has been just as dramatic.
View ArticleGo to jail? Lula's verdict divides Brazil
This time, Lula seems to really be going to jail. Brazil's charismatic former president will only be able to exhaust appeals against corruption convictions from behind bars. Supporters of the Workers...
View ArticleTHE DEBATE: Lula prison verdict divides Brazil
Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was on the verge of going to prison Thursday after the Supreme Court rejected his bid to delay a 12 year sentence for corruption.
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As Brazil's former president Lula faces jail for corruption, a new TV series is causing a stir by blurring fact, fiction and some inaccuracies. Some are calling for Brazilians to boycott Netflix. Plus,...
View ArticleBrazil's ex-president Lula given 24 hours to turn himself in
Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, once one of the most popular politicians on the planet, was given 24 hours to surrender to police Thursday and start a 12 year prison sentence for...
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