Bulletin 597 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Straight from Curitiba – 10/10/2019 – 551 days of resistance – 8:35 PM   The visit to Lula by the leaders of the largest union confederations in the US and Spain, Richard Trumka and Pepe Alvarez, show the growing wave of international support for the former President. The leaders …

Bulletin 596 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Straight from Curitiba – 10/9/2019 – 550 days of resistance – 7:50 PM   Former Foreign Affairs Minister Celso Amorim defended freedom for Lula as a means of reestablishing democracy in Brazil during a speech at the 13th National CUT Union Confederation Congress. According to him, the difference between …

Bulletin 593 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Straight from Curitiba – 10/6/2019 – 547 days of resistance – 7 PM   1. The Brazilian Left Collective in China, composed of around 90 people spread across the country, officially inaugurated the Lula Livre Committee in China on this Sunday, October 6th. In the letter of intent, which …

Bulletin 592 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Straight from Curitiba – 10/5/2019 – 546 days of resistance – 6:45 PM   Former President Lula sent a thank you letter for the support given from the mayors and former mayors who visited the Lula Livre Vigil last Saturday, September 28th, to honor him. “We built many public …

Bulletin 591 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Straight from Curitiba – 10/4/2019 – 545 days of resistance – 7:50 PM   One day after becoming honorary citizen of Paris, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gave thanks for the initiative through a letter that was published on Friday, October 4th. “I received news of the …

Bulletin 590 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Straight from Curitiba – 10/3/2019 – 544 days of democracy – 8:30 PM   On this Thursday, October 3rd, the Paris City Council awarded Lula the title of Honorary Citizen of Paris. Since the award was started in 2001, the honor has been bestowed on 17 people who were …

Bulletin 589 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Straight from Curitiba – 10/2/2019 – 543 days of resistance – 7:40 PM   On this Thursday, October 4th, José Maria Rangel, the General Director of the FUP (Unified Federation of Petroleum Workers) and Sérgio Nobre, General Secretary of the CUT union confederation, will visit former President Luiz Inácio …

To the Brazilian people I won’t trade my dignity for my freedom. All the Car Wash Prosecutors should really do is to apologize to the Brazilian people, to the millions of unemployed people, and my family, for the harm they have done to democracy, to justice, and the country. I want you to know that I won’t accept bargaining with …

Bulletin 585 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Straight from Curitiba – 9/28/2019 – 539 days of resistance – 6:40 PM 1. One day after the Lava Jato task force defended the idea of transferring Lula to a semi-open incarceration regime, the former President’s social media accounts released a section of an interview on TV 247 in …

Bulletin 583 – People’s Committee in Defense of Lula and Democracy Curitiba – 9/26/2019 – 537 days of resistance – 8:20 pm   The chant chosen by the activists present at the Free Lula Vigil this Thursday afternoon (September 26) was providential: “We have internationalized the struggle. We have internationalized our hope.” The chant began shortly after Lula was visited …