Lula sentenced to almost 13 years in prison

são paulo - The Brazilian former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (73) was again sentenced to a prison sentence on Wednesday, this time of 12 years and 11 months. Judge Gabriela Hardt of the federal court...

Lula received 'kickbacks' from the contractors Odebrecht and OAS in the form of renovation of a farm in the city of Atibaia. In return, the left-wing politician would send orders to companies at the state-owned oil company Petrobras. Lula himself claims that the converted building is not his, but a friend's.