Brazil: Lula free to run in elections after convictions annulled
“The word ‘give up’ does not exist in my dictionary. I learned from my mother: ‘always struggle’,” said former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio (Lula) da Silva on March 10. Lula was addressing a media conference in the office of the ABC Metalworkers’ Union, in São Bernardo do Campo, in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, following the annulment of the convictions against him arising from “Operation Car Wash” ( Lava Jato). The decision, made on March 8, was handed down by the 13th Federal Court of Curitiba, in the state of Paraná and published by Minister Edson Fachin of...