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Brazil: Lula’s imprisonment is no partisan matter

By Mauricio de Freitas Bento
Published April 14, 2018 4:00am ET
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Brazil: Lula’s imprisonment is no partisan matter
In this photo from March, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks to supporters during a rally in Brazil. | (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Last Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Brazil rejected the habeas corpus petition of former Brazilian President Lula da Silva.

The court’s Chief Justice, Cármen Lúcia, cast the tiebreaking vote that sealed his fate.

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