Former President of Brazil Lula’s Conviction Aimed at Preventing His 2018 Presidential Run

‘Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva served as Brazil’s president from 2003 – 2010. He’s led in opinion polls to win another term in office next year.
If it stands, his near ten-year sentence on corruption charges would bar him from seeking reelection in 2018. He’s a far cry from extremists now running things in Brazil.
Last year, Washington conspired with them to impeach and remove democratically elected President Dilma Rousseff from office on bogus charges.
Tyranny replaced democracy. A wish list for markets and investors was implemented – neoliberal harshness eliminating social justice, powerful privileged interests served at the expense of most others.
Lula is no paragon of progressive governance. James Petras earlier explained he
“embrace(d) free trade, sign(ed) military agreements with Washington, (was) acclaimed ‘Statesman of the Year’ by the billionaire’s club at Davos in 2010, and has enriched bankers from Wall Street to the city of London…”’
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