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Brazil: Social, Political Groups Support Lula Before Trial
Published 13 January 2018
Local committees are being established to encourage public discussions about the case surrounding Lula and other political and social issues.
Social organizations and movements in Brazil are taking to the streets of country´s main cities this Saturday in support of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva less than two weeks before his appeal trial. Dubbed the “national day of mobilization,” they are defending his innocence on passive corruption charges as well as his right to run in this year's presidential race scheduled for October.
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More than 70 local and international social organizations are also traveling from different parts of Brazil to the southern city of Porto Alegre where Lula's trial will take place on Jan. 24.
Local committees are being established to encourage public discussions about the case surrounding Lula and other political and social issues.
UNE vice president, Jessy Dayane, said these committees are intended to “give root to debate about what is going on in our country and denounce another step in the coup in Brazil,” referring to the impeachment of Brazil's former President Dilma Rousseff and the rise of de-fact president Michel Temer.
More:
https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Brazil-Social-Political-Groups-Support-Lula-Before-Trial-20180113-0016.html