TEHRAN, November 27 - Brazil's jailed ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's legal troubles mounted Monday as he was accused by the Sao Paulo public prosecutor's office of money laundering in his dealings with Equatorial Guinea.
TEHRAN, September 12 - Brazil's jailed ex-leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tapped his runningmate Fernando Haddad on Tuesday to replace him on the ballot in next month's presidential election, bowing out of the race after he was barred from seeking a new term.
TEHRAN, September 07 - A Brazilian Supreme Court judge on Thursday rejected an appeal by jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to overturn his ban on running in next month's elections.
TEHRAN, August 28 - Brazil's Supreme Court will weigh in September an appeal by jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to be set free so he can join the presidential campaign already under way, a court spokesperson said on Monday.
TEHRAN, August 16 - About 10,000 red-clad Workers' Party faithful cheer in front of the Supreme Electoral Court, after top allies of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva show proof that they registered the two term ex-president, now in jail for corruption, as their champion in Brazil's October election.
TEHRAN, August 16 - Brazil's Workers Party registered jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday as its presidential candidate while he sat in prison serving a 12-year graft sentence expected to block his candidacy.
TEHRAN, April 04 - Thousands of Brazilians demonstrated Tuesday in favor of prison for former president and election frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the eve of a Supreme Court ruling on whether he should start serving a 12 year sentence for corruption.