Testing Brazil’s Democracy
On Saturday, the former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, surrendered to the federal police to start a 12-year one-month prison sentence for corruption. Judge Sergio Moro had ordered Mr. da Silva to turn himself in to the police by 5 p.m. on Friday. But before doing so, Mr. da Silva had laid down a few rules of his own.
He would surrender only after attending an ecumenical service in honor of the birthday of his deceased wife, Marisa Letícia. Flanked by his political allies, among them two other presidential candidates, Mr. da Silva celebrated his wife at the same union headquarters where he first met her in 1973 and where he mourned her death last year.… Seguir leyendo »