The Brazilian national newspaper O Globo reported on Monday socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva rejected a request from Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to meet with him during a stopover in Brasilia this week. Lula and Zelensky have a fraught relationship, despite Brazil and Ukraine having no history of any particular conflict. Lula accused Zelensky
Corrupt Socialist Lula Beats Bolsonaro in Brazil’s Closest Presidential Election in Decades
November 1, 2022 by
The top electoral authority in Brazil announced on Sunday evening that 77-year-old hardline socialist Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, once convicted and sentenced to over two decades in prison for alleged corruption, had won this year’s presidential election against incumbent conservative Jair Bolsonaro. In his first words as president-elect for a third term, Lula vowed…
Lula Barred From Presidential Election By Brazilian Court
September 1, 2018 by
Traders who were bidding up the Brazilian real and local stocks on Friday on the expectation that Lula would be barred from running for president in Brazil’s upcoming presidential elections proved to be right: late on Friday, Brazil’s top electoral court banned jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from running in this year’s […]