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ckaihatsu
14th July 2017, 05:21
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The sentencing of the former metalworkers union leader and ex-PT president came one day after the Brazilian Senate approved a labor reform entailing sweeping attacks on workers rights.

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ckaihatsu
14th July 2017, 18:30
Brazil's ex-president Luiz Incio Lula da Silva and pre-candidate for president in 2018 for the Workers' Party (PT) was convicted yesterday of corruption and money laundering, receiving a sentence of nine years and six months in prison.


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ckaihatsu
17th July 2017, 16:00
We look at how this development could impact his presidential bid, and we speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, co-founder of The Intercept.


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ckaihatsu
25th July 2017, 06:10
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Michel Temer faces the threat of being placed on trial as the Brazilian ruling establishment is increasingly torn by bitter internecine warfare.

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