Thursday, July 13, 2017

Lula, Brazil’s most fiery politician, goes out with a whimper, not a bang

Lula, Brazil's most fiery politician, goes out with a whimper, not a bang

SAO PAULO, Brazil -- A man once able to gather hundreds of thousands of supporters at spontaneous rallies and inspire mass strikes that paralyzed Latin America's largest economy was sentenced to nine years in prison on corruption charges Wednesday with little fanfare. Luiz Inácio da Silva, popularly known as Lula, was Brazil’s most popular president and […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/07/13/lula-brazils-most-fiery-politician-goes-out-with-a-whimper-not-a-bang/

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