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Brazil’s Lula says he’s going to flip himself in for arrest

Brazil’s ex-President Luiz Inacio « Lula » da Silva has said he is ready to turn himself in to begin a 12-year sentence for bribery, while maintaining he is the victim of a political campaign to stop him from running in this year’s elections. In his first comments since being ordered to start his sentence, Lula told cheering…

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Deep divisions in Brazil as remove orders Lula at hand himself in

Following Brazil’s Supreme Court decision to reject former President Luiz Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva’s plea to avoid jail time while he exhausts all appeals over his corruption conviction, Brazilians are divided on what the ruling means for the country. Lula da Silva, who had high approval ratings during his presidency, was convicted last year of taking…