LUIS INACIO LULA DA SILVA

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) will decide whether a Curitiba criminal court could try and convict former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva some three years ago»

Lula's defense reported that they plan to meet with him this Friday and then submit a request for immediate release»

More than 4,000 residents of the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus have already signed a statement demanding the liberation of former Brazilian President Luis Inazio Lula da Silva »

A statement was released honoring Lula's decades of struggle for the advancement of workers' rights»

The historical leader of the Brazilian left has been in prison since April 7, 2018 »

Lula was convicted in July 2017 in the first of at least eight corruption trials he faces»

The trial was suspended on December 4 after Mendes requested a hearing, at the time, the score was two votes against Lula's request»

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has sent a letter to the Cuban people to assure them they can be very proud of their doctors and their medical schools»

Numerous legal petitions and appeals have been submitted to try to overturn Lula’s sentence but all have failed so far»

Despite being held since April 7, Lula designed and led, with evident success, the PT election strategy with possibilities to win the Presidency of the Republic»