VATICAN CITY (AP) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met Thursday with Pope Francis at the Vatican, received a papal blessing and said the two discussed prospects for a “more...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A court on Wednesday upheld a corruption conviction against former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was released from prison earlier this month.
SAO PAULO (AP) — A fired-up former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, freshly out of jail, vowed to fight Brazil’s far-right government and the forces he says unjustly incarcerated him, saying...
SAO PAULO (AP) — As Brazil’s largest leftist party gathers to plan the future, a figure that has dominated its past looms ever larger.
Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is the...
SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday rejected exercising his right to semi-open prison conditions after spending a year and a half in a...
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet is denying accusations by a former businessman ensnared in Latin America's biggest corruption scandal that her 2013 presidential...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Justice Minister Sergio Moro will have to answer questions about whether Brazilian authorities are investigating U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald, whose online news site has...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro turned out by the thousands Sunday in several Brazilian cities to defend the government and its justice minister, who faces accusations...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro said Wednesday there is nothing improper about alleged conversations he had with prosecutors when he was a crusading anti-corruption...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro offered words of support Thursday for his justice minister, who is accused of improperly coordinating with prosecutors when he was an...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian Justice Minister Sergio Moro met with President Jair Bolsonaro on Tuesday after press reports accused him of improperly coordinating with prosecutors when he was a...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Brazilian Bar Association on Monday called for the suspension of the justice minister after a series of reports alleging that as a crusading anti-corruption judge he...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — President Jair Bolsonaro said Sunday that he will nominate anti-corruption crusader Sergio Moro to the Supreme Court whenever there is an opening.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — From the federal police headquarters where he is serving a sentence for corruption and money laundering, Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the South...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's second-highest court reduced the sentence of incarcerated former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Tuesday, opening the possibility he could be moved to house...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Michel Temer remained silent when questioned by investigators Friday, a day after he was arrested as part of the country's sprawling Car Wash...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva left prison Saturday to attend his 7-year-old grandson's funeral, taking advantage of his temporary release to reiterate...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The party of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will ask a judge to release him from prison to attend the funeral of his 7-year-old grandson.
SAO PAULO (AP) — Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was convicted Wednesday for a second time on charges of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Judge Gabriela Hardt said she agreed with prosecutors that a country house was renovated for da Silva by construction companies involved in the mammoth corruption scandal centered on Brazil's state-run oil company, Petrobras.
SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has decided not to go to the wake of his deceased older brother after he received permission to temporarily leave prison but not attend his relative's burial.
Da Silva is serving a 12-year prison term in the southern city of Curitiba for money laundering and corruption.
His request to attend the burial had been rejected Tuesday night by Judge Carolina Lebbos.
SAN ANTONIO DE PICHINCHA, Ecuador (AP) — It's a gravity-defying edifice that befits the lofty ambitions of what was supposed to be a symbol of South American unity.
Set against an arid moonscape on the equatorial line, two cantilevered glass wings soar dramatically above a reflecting pool, symbolizing freedom and transparency and looking like something out of a science-fiction movie.
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's largest left-leaning opposition parties said Friday they will boycott the inauguration of far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro on Jan. 1.
The Workers' Party, which governed between 2003 and 2016, and the Socialism and Liberty Party said their lawmakers and executives will not attend the ceremony in the capital city of Brasilia.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The chief justice of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court quickly overturned a lower court ruling Wednesday that could have opened the way for former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to get out of jail.
Federal Court Judge Marco Aurelio had ruled that prisoners serving sentences but appealing are constitutionally entitled to freedom, though he also said cases would have to be reviewed by the relevant presiding judge to determine if an inmate was eligible.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A justice on Brazil's top court on Tuesday asked for more time to review a petition on whether to release ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from prison.
Justice Gilmar Mendes' request meant an indefinite suspension of the session. It was unclear when the court may pick back up the case.
The suspension came after two of the five judges on the reviewing panel voted against da Silva, who led Brazil between 2003 and 2010.
SAO PAULO (AP) — The judge who is the most prominent face of Brazil's anti-corruption campaign denied Tuesday that his appointment as justice minister was a reward for having convicted and jailed a political rival of his new boss.
"This has nothing to do with the case of ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva," Judge Sergio Moro told reporters at his first news conference since accepting the nomination. "I know that some interpreted my nomination as a reward. That is not the case."
SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is challenging his corruption conviction, arguing that the judge who convicted him has proven his bias by accepting a cabinet post under a political rival.
The petition filed Monday with Brazil's highest court asks that da Silva's be freed and his conviction overturned.
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil votes Sunday to elect its next president, and the choice could not be more stark.
Far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro, who is leading the polls, has described a Brazil at war: with criminals, with corrupt politicians, with left-wing ideas and, in some ways, with itself. The former army captain's official platform promises a "decent government, different from everything that landed us in an ethical, moral and fiscal crisis."
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As recently as two months ago, few people in Brazil other than Jair Bolsonaro's most ardent supporters believed the far-right congressman had more than an outside shot of winning the race to lead Latin America's largest nation.
Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had been ahead in the polls for a year despite a corruption conviction and a jail sentence that began in April.
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil votes Sunday to elect its next president, and the choice could not be more stark.
Far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro, who is leading the polls, has described a Brazil at war: with criminals, with corrupt politicians, with left-wing ideas and, in some ways, with itself. The former army captain's official platform promises a "decent government, different from everything that landed us in an ethical, moral and fiscal crisis."
SAO PAULO (AP) — Fernando Haddad is making a last-ditch effort ahead of Sunday's runoff election to win over Brazilians who in previous elections cast ballots for former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
The left-leaning Haddad announced Thursday he will visit three states in Brazil's impoverished northeast, which is a stronghold for his Workers' Party, and finish on Saturday with a rally in a Sao Paulo slum.
SAO PAULO (AP) — The right-wing front-runner in Brazil's presidential race called his leftist rival a "puppet" while his opponent mocked him for avoiding debates, engaging in a heated Twitter exchange Tuesday less than two weeks before their runoff election.
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilians choose among 13 candidates for president Sunday in one of the most unpredictable and divisive elections in decades. If no one gets a majority in the first round, the top two candidates will compete in a runoff. Here's a look at the five top contenders, according to polls:
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The main target of participants in the final and most-watched presidential debate in Brazil has been the absent front-runner, far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro.
Bolsonaro skipped the TV Globo debate Thursday, citing doctor's orders after being stabbed during a campaign event on Sept. 6 and only leaving the hospital on Saturday. Instead, he gave an interview to TV Record at the same time.
SAO PAULO (AP) — The presidential candidate hand-picked by jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was the main target in his first televised debate Thursday.
Left-leaning Fernando Haddad has risen to second place in opinion polls with backing in the high teens in less than three weeks, but he did not take part in the first three TV debates for next month's national elections.
SAO PAULO (AP) — The presidential candidate who has taken the place of barred former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he won't pardon the ex-leader if he wins election.
SAO PAULO (AP) — The man leading Brazil's presidential election polls says he is worried that fraud could cost him victory in October, raising questions about whether he would accept defeat.
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Haitians eking out livings picked through the garbage dump for the capital, while some people in Argentina are starting to go hungry as the nation's economic crisis begins to hit the poorer portions of the population.
SAO PAULO (AP) — In his first full day as the presidential candidate for Brazil's Workers' Party, Fernando Haddad pledged Wednesday to be his own man if elected and not bow to financial markets or the interests of other countries, including the United States.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's top court on Tuesday spared leading presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro from having to stand trial for racism, less than a week after the far-right politician was injured in a knife attack during a campaign event.
A court panel voted 3-2 to drop a racism accusation against Bolsonaro, who leads polls ahead of October's election after Brazil's Workers' Party decided that it would not field imprisoned former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as its candidate.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro have held their first campaign rally since the right-wing Brazilian presidential candidate was stabbed and seriously wounded.
About 300 people gathered at Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach, summoned by tweets from the candidate's son Flavio, who told the crowd that the attack "will not go unpunished."
SAO PAULO (AP) — The stabbing of Jair Bolsonaro, one of the leading candidates in Brazil's presidential elections, has thrown the race into disarray, making an already unpredictable contest even harder to call. Here's a look at the five top contenders, according to polls:
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil's main leftist party said Saturday it's sticking with former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as its presidential candidate even though the electoral court has thrown him off the ballot for an election just five weeks away.
Da Silva's vice presidential running mate, former Sao Paulo Mayor Fernando Haddad told reporters the Workers Party will continue pushing to somehow get da Silva, 72, who easily leads in the polls, back on the ballot.