Brazil After Lawfare: The Return of âPresidentâ Lula and the Fall of a Hero Judge
Operation Car Wash, the probe into the worldâs biggest corruption scandal , has turned out to be a scandal itself.
Lula is riding a popularity wave and leads Bolsonaro by more than 20 points in latest opinion polls. Photo: Ricardo Stuckert
World14/May/2021
Sao Paulo:Â If a tweet tells a story, this one was perfect. And it came with a photo worth a thousand words. âReturning from Brasilia. See you soon,â Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva tweeted last Friday, with a snap in which the former Brazilian president is sitting in the back seat of a sedan, with his eyes focused on a document in his left hand. In the backdrop, framed with the carâs window, stand two towers with a saucer-like structure on either side and flags of different nations fluttering on the avenue which flanks this edifice. This complex, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, is Brazilâs Congress: the right-side up