Brazil’s second Lula moment
LUIZ Inacio Lula da Silva, a towering figure in left-wing politics in Brazil, remains one of the most popular political figures in the country today.
After a five-year battle driven by his political enemies, Lula is said to be finally vindicated by the March 8 decision by Supreme Court Judge Edson Fachin, who annulled Lula’s corruption convictions, saying that the judge in his case was biased. The ruling reversed the Supreme Federal Court’s previous decision in the run-up to the 2018 elections, allegedly made under duress from the military and in violation of the constitution.
In September 2016, Federal Judge Sergio
