Brazil: Lula’s presidential ambitions vanish over court ruling

SÃO PAULO – Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been barred from the upcoming elections in Brazil. A majority of judges from the electoral court voted him ineligible to run in the October’s presidential elections. Although serving a 12-year-prison sentence for fraud, Lula was presented anyway as a … Continue reading Brazil: Lula’s presidential ambitions vanish over court ruling