Bulletin 624 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Straight from Curitiba – 11/6/2019 – 578 days of resistance – 8:20 PM   This Thursday, November 7th, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be visited by Lula Institute President Paulo Okamotto and João Paulo Rodrigues, from the national leadership of the Landless Rural Workers Movement (Movimento …

Bulletin 623 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Curitiba – 11/5/2019 – 577 days of resistance – 7:50 pm   In a new report in the Vaza Jato series, messages obtained by The Intercept Brasil website and published in the Tuesday edition of the Folha de São Paulo reveal that Prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol and his colleagues from …

Straight from Curitiba – 11/3/2019 – 575 days of resistance – 7:30 PM 1. In an interview with UOL, Lula’s lawyer Cristiano Zanin Martins said that “political and geopolitical interests” were factors in the conviction of the former President. To the defense lawyers, he became an “illegitimate trophy” of the Lava Jato investigation. “Lava Jato always treated former President Lula …

Curitiba – 11/2/2019 – 574 days of resistance – 7:00 pm 1. The PT National President, Representative Gleisi Hoffmann (Paraná state), the party’s National Secretary for International Relations, Monica Valente, and representatives of social and popular movements today (November 2) received, in Cuba, a petition with more than two million signatures from the Cuban people demanding that the arbitrary sentence …

Bulletin 617 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Straight from Curitiba – 10/30/2019 – 571 days of resistance – 8:15 PM   Argentinian president-elect Alberto Fernández thanked former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, by way of his social media networks, for the letter congratulating him on his electoral victory last Sunday, October 27th. Once again, …

Bulletin 616 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Straight from Curitiba – 10/29/2019 – 570 days of resistance – 7:20 PM   Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sent a letter today (October 29th) to the President-elect of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, congratulating him on his first round victory over current President Mauricio Macri. In the letter, …

Bulletin 610 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Straight from Curitiba – 10/23/2019 – 564 days of resistance – 7:25 PM   Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be visited, on Thursday, October 24th, by Kailash Satyarthi, winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Price. The Indian children’s rights activist has met Lula previously, before his …

Straight from Curitiba 10/22/2019 – 563 days of resistance – 8:40 PM 1. In a letter addressed to the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court, judges from Italy and Spain said that only the release of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will cause credibility to return to the Brazilian justice system. “As has already been said by many of our …

Bulletin 607 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Curitiba – 10/20/2019 – 561 days of resistance – 5:50 pm 1. US philosopher and Black Panther activist Angela Davis reinforced the international movement in defense of the release of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. This Saturday (October 19), during a conference at the closing of the …

Bulletin 606 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Curitiba – 10/19/2019 – 560 days of resistance – 7:55 pm 1. This Saturday (October 19), the 560th day of resistance, the Free Lula Vigil received visitors from the states of São Paulo, Santa Catarina, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul, in addition to the …