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Brazil in political crisis over jailed president: 4 essential reads

  • Written by Catesby Holmes, Global Affairs Editor, The Conversation US

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in jail. His imprisonment follows a dramatic standoff that had Brazil teetering on the edge of violence for almost 24 hours after the leftist leader refused to surrender himself to police.

Lula da Silva, who goes by “Lula,” was the wildly popular president of this South...

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