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by Yanis Iqbal / April 5th, 2021 SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, BRAZIL – MARCH 10: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s former president, speaks during a press conference after convictions against him were annulled at the Sindicato dos Metalurgicos do ABC on March 10, 2021 in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. (Photo by Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images) On January 24, 2018, in Porto Alegre, Lula was tried at the Federal Court of Appeals for the Fourth Region (TRF-4), which confirmed the decision of Judg...

© Reuters / Amanda Perobelli Brazils former president, Luiz Inacio Lula da SilvaA Brazilian Supreme Court judge has cancelled all sentences against the countrys former leftist president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, restoring his political rights to run again for office ahead of next years election. Supreme Court judge Edson Fachin that the 13th Federal Court of Curitiba, which had convicted Lula of money laundering and corruption, actually had no jurisdiction over the cases. The judge annulle...