Lula is charged with hiding ownership of a luxury flat in the seaside town of Guaruja Eraldo Peres/APProsecutors in Brazil filed charges of corruption and money laundering against Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the former president, and his wife yesterday. Known as Lula, the left-winger could face arrest, although that may trigger demonstrations by loyalists of the Workers’ Party he co-founded in 1980. It ran the country for 13 years until May, when his hand-picked successor Dilma Rousseff was impeached on charges of budget irregularities. Lula is charged with hiding ownership of a luxury flat in the seaside town of Guaruja, which was allegedly given to him and then renovated by one of the construction companies linked…

Source: The Times September 14, 2016 23:26 UTC