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Brazil’s ex-president Lula can be jailed, rules top court

By Reuters
06 April 2018   |   4:55 am
Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva must start serving a 12-year prison sentence for taking bribes.

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