Federal judge issues an arrest order against former President Lula da Silva
A judicial order for Lula's arrest was issued by federal police on Thursday (April 5, 2018).
Landless Workers’ Movement leader: “Lula will be freed if people take to the streets”
MST leader João Pedro Stédile says Lula’s imprisonment is “yet another chapter in the coup”
Social movements and other allies from the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Europe condemn the political persecution and threat of imprisonment against Lula
Social movements and other allies from the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Europe condemn the political persecution and threat of imprisonment against Lula, the leading candidate in Brazil’s October presidential election. Brazil’s weakened democracy is at stake.
Marina dos Santos: Mourning for Marielle Will Continue as Struggle
ByLeonardo Fernandes
from Brasil de Fato
MST Folia occupies the streets of Prado in a great celebration for democracy
With joy and irreverence, the MST Folia bloc has drawn important guidelines around the struggle for democracy
Slave Labor, Deforestation and Greed Create Crisis in Brazilian Countryside
Many believe agribusiness pulled Brazil out of the worst recession in its history. Estimates for 2017 register a scant 0.4% growth after four years of crisis, according to the Boletim Focus from the National Central Bank. Agribusiness represents almost 23% of Brazil’s GDP.
Brazilian court upholds corruption charges against Lula
Despite the ruling made yesterday in Porto Alegre, Lula da Silva does not face immediate arrest
or disqualification from the 2018 presidential race.
A Brazilian appellate court on Wednesday upheld a legal appeal filed by former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva against a corruption and money laundering conviction issued by a federal judge last July.
“We Will Continue To Take To The Streets To Fight For Democratic Elections and in Defense of the Rights of the Brazilian People”
Over the last week, in Brazil and different parts of the world, hundreds of thousands of us have been mobilizing, handing out flyers, giving public classes, holding vigils, marches, actions, roadblocks and occupations in order to promote dialogue and alert the society about the farcical trial that is being carried out against presidential candidate Lula da Silva Porto Alegre and explaining its significance: it is a prolongation of the coup that began in 2016.
Lula to remain eligible candidate regardless of court decision, experts say
Former President Lula da Silva will qualify as an eligible candidate in the 2018 presidential elections.
Lula’s Witch Trial: Who Are The TRF4 Who Will Judge the Former President of Brazil?
Some are calling it the Coup’s endgame, others the “final battle” for Brasil’s next decade.
Former President Lula, who held office from 2003-2011 has twice the support of his nearest rival to succeed Putschist Michel Temer in the October 2018 elections.
