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Argentine Presidential Candidate Meets Lula at Brazilian Prison
Supporters of former President Lula da Silva outside the Federal Police headquarters
in Curitiba, Brazil June 25, 2019. | Photo: Reuters
Published 4 July 2019
Denisse Herrera
Based on his expertice as lawyer, Alberto Fernandez holds that Lula da Silva is unduly imprisoned.
The favorite candidate to win the next presidential elections in Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, is visiting Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva this Thursday, Lula who is now a political prisoner at a federal detention center in Curitiba, state of Parana.
"I come to visit a man who is unduly imprisoned," Fernandez said and recalled that he spoke with Pope Francis about judicial persecution suffered by several Latin American leftist leaders.
"What has been violated in Brazil is the rule of law. I am a lawyer, I teach at the Buenos Aires University, I have written books on this subject," the Argentinean candidate stressed.
Lula da Silva has been deprived of his freedom since April 7, 2018, following a ruling issued by then-judge Sergio Moro, who is now President Jair Bolsonaro's Justice Minister.
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https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Argentine-Presidential-Candidate-Meets-Lula-at-Brazilian-Prison-20190704-0010.html