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Jailed Lula Nominated For Brazil’s Presidential Election

  Brazil’s leftist Workers’ Party nominated its charismatic founder Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for the upcoming presidential contest Saturday despite him being imprisoned for … Continue reading Jailed Lula Nominated For Brazil’s Presidential Election


FILES) In this file photo taken on October 26, 2002, then newly elected Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) embraces his Vice-President Jose Alencar, after receiving notification of their victory in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Brazilian presidential candidates for the October, 2018 elections, look for running mates who can assure them votes, resources and TV visibility, and who can banish the spectre of the impeachment of 2016, when then Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was faced to her Vice-President and replacement. VANDERLEI ALMEIDA / AFP
Newly elected Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) embraces his Vice-President Jose Alencar, after receiving notification of their victory in Sao Paulo, Brazil. VANDERLEI ALMEIDA / AFP

 

Brazil’s leftist Workers’ Party nominated its charismatic founder Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for the upcoming presidential contest Saturday despite him being imprisoned for corruption.

In a message from Lula read to the party convention in Sao Paulo, he said, “Brazil needs to restore its democracy.” Although serving a 12-year sentence for corruption, Lula remains by far the frontrunner in opinion polls.

AFP