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Brazil court reduces ex-president's jail term
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Apr 24 (ANI): Brazil's second-highest court has reduced the sentence of jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva by almost three years.
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Former Italian left-wing militant Cesare Battisti arrested in Bolivia
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
La Paz [Bolivia], Jan 13 (ANI): The police on Saturday arrested former Italian left-wing militant Cesare Battisti, who fled to Bolivia following his extradition to Brazil and Italy.
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Ex-Brazilian president barred from running for presidency
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Sept 1 (ANI): Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is out from the presidential race in the next month's elections due to a corruption conviction.
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Brazil court judge overrules order to release jailed former president
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], Jul 9 (ANI): A Brazilian judge overruled an order passed for the immediate release of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
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Fireworks, tears after ex-Brazilian president Lula's surrender
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], Apr. 08 (ANI): After former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has been found guilty of corruption, surrendered before the police on Sunday, fireworks and tears broke out in parts of a divided country.
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Former Brazilian president Silva surrenders in Operation Car Wash scam
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Brasília [Brazil], April 8 (ANI): Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who has been found guilty of corruption, surrendered before the police on Sunday.
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Brazilian judge issues arrest warrant against ex-president 'Lula'
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Brasília [Brazil], April 6 (ANI): A Brazilian judge has issued an arrest warrant for former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, whose bid to return to power was quashed when the country's Supreme Court ruled 12 years of imprisonment for 12 years for Lula.
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Brazil's ex- president faces jail
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Brasília [Brazil], April 5 (ANI): Quashing his bid to return to power, Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the country's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be imprisoned while he appeals his corruption conviction.
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Brazilian court upholds Silva's graft conviction
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Porto Alegre [Brazil], Jan 25 (ANI): A Brazilian court upheld the conviction of former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for corruption and money laundering here on Wednesday, that has further dented his chances of running for the third term in the upcoming elections in October t
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Political uncertainty in Brazil ahead of 2018 polls
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Brasilia [Brazil], December 30 (ANI): Brazil has plunged in a period of political uncertainty ahead of the general elections in October 2018, with no clear candidates on sight.
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Brazil's ex-president Lula to stand corruption trial
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], Sept. 21 (ANI): Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will stand trial on corruption and money laundering charges over an alleged scheme at the state oil company, Petrobras.
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