Ultimately, it was Brazil's biggest-ever corruption scandal, Operation Car Wash - the same scandal that also led to the fall of his successor Dilma Rouseff - which triggered Lula's current legal woes.

Odebrecht, which builds airports to deep water oil drilling and mining, has said there was nothing wrong with Lula acting as booster for Brazilian business. Prosecutors in Brazil have announced a ...

The scandal, which caused outrage in Brazil, is the first of its kind involving a member of Lula's government since ... Juscelino Filho be indicted with corruption and consorting with criminals.

Brazil is ready to ... both sides traded accusations of corruption. Pro-government lawmakers displayed inflatable dolls depicting former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as a prisoner.

The scandal has tainted some of Brazil's most well-known politicians ... Wash but has denied all allegations of corruption. Last year, ex-President Lula was found guilty of receiving an apartment ...

Sao Paulo (AFP) – Brazil's president this week amped up pressure for a major oil project to go ahead at the mouth of the Amazon River, despite criticism from environmentalists as the country ...

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 79, aspires to make Brazil a leader in the fight against global warming, but has fiercely defended oil exploration as key to the growth of Latin America’s ...