Trial session held for Brazil’s ex-president Lula

‘Brazil’s leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been grilled by a judge in a trial over corruption allegations for almost five hours, later announcing his plan to seek a third term in office.
Lula called the Wednesday corruption trial a “farce” and dismissed the “illegitimate” corruption charges against him. He is accused of having received bribes in return for political favors.
Addressing several thousand of his supporters at a campaign rally after the trial, Lula said that never had anyone “been so persecuted” in Brazil’s history. He nevertheless announced his bid for a third term in the election next year.
He complained that the Brazilian media had “massacred” his character, saying the media “wants to get me dead or alive.”’
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