Judge Caroline Lebbos, of the 12th Federal Court of Curitiba, ordered former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva to pay a fine totaling $7.4 million to compensate for damage and procedural costs stemming from the case involving the triplex apartment complex in coastal Guarujá,
Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Raquel Dodge on Wednesday evening (Aug. 15) filed a motion to bar the presidential candidacy of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, registered by his Workers’ Party (PT) earlier on the same day at the Superior Electoral Court (TSE).
The Federal Court of the 4th region (TRF4) upheld the corruption conviction of Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Three judges agreed with lower court judge Sergio Moro's decision.