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Brazil's ex-president Lula walks free from jail

Brazil's leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walked free from jail Friday after a year and a half behind bars for corruption following a court ruling that could release thousands of convicts.

Brazil's top electoral court votes down Lula candidacy

A majority of Brazil's top electoral court shot down late Friday the candidacy of popular leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the country's upcoming presidential vote, telling the jailed former leader he cannot participate in October's critical election.

Brazilian electoral court bars jailed Lula from presidential race

Brazil’s top electoral court has barred jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from running in the upcoming presidential election.

Brazil top court ruling could free Lula, derail graft fight

A decision looming before Brazil’s Supreme Court could free imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva within days and deal the harshest blow yet to the South American country’s battle against corruption, prosecutors and judges said.

Brazil’s Lula spends first day of 12-year prison sentence

Leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva spent Sunday as Brazil's first ex-president to be imprisoned for a common crime – and his cell was in the headquarters of the giant anti-graft probe that brought him down.

Lula begins prison sentence in Brazil after giving himself up to police

Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has handed himself in to police after spending two nights at the metalworkers’ union headquarters in São Paulo in defiance of an arrest warrant.

Brazil’s Lula leads presidential poll despite upheld conviction

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva leads in the first presidential poll published since an appeals court upheld his conviction on corruption charges, a decision which is likely to knock him out of contention for the October election.

Ex-Brazilian presidents’ aides say funneled cash to foreign election campaigns

Top aides to former Brazilian presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff said they ferried millions of dollars in cash to finance presidential election campaigns in Venezuela, El Salvador and Panama, according to testimony made public Friday.

Brazil's Workers Party to support Lula in 2018

Brazil's ruling Workers Party (PT) will support former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, better known as Lula, to seek a third term in 2018, the country's chief of staff says.