Brazil's former president, Lula, appears in first of five corruption trials
'What's immediately at stake in the Lula trial is whether even sainted leaders can be made to bow to the law'
11 May 2017 - 11:02
Political legends are hard to come by these days in Brazil, where both houses of parliament, a batch of current and former governors, and much of the sitting presidential cabinet have been tainted by charges of graft and payola. But then Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the two-time president who put Brazil's name in lights and left office in 2010 practically beatified, isn't just any politician. So when Lula, as he is known to all, takes the stand in federal court this afternoon, in one of five corruption trials he now faces, listen for the sound of clay feet cracking.
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