Politics

Lula, Brazil’s most popular leader, will surrender to police

Former President Lula da Silva will surrender to police in Curitiba and begin serving his 12-year-one-month prison sentence. Last year, he was convicted of corruption and money laundering – and the verdict was confirmed by a court of appeals. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court allowed his arrest. Less than 18 hours later, Federal Judge Sérgio Moro issued an arrest order.

In a span of eight years, Lula went from the most popular leader in Brazilian history, a man who distributed revenue like no other president and was approved by 80 percent of Brazilians, to the first former president ever to be put behind bars.

Lula failed to surrender to police on Friday

Moro ordered Lula to turn himself in voluntarily until Friday at 5 p.m. Lula remained holed up inside the headquarters of a steelworkers union in the outskirts of S.Paulo, surrounded by supporters. He is...

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