in july twenty seven teen former president lula da silva was found guilty of corruption. a court of appeals upheld the conviction and increased his sentence from nine to twelve years. lula remains free for now pending a possible appeal to brazil's highest court and the outside chance that his verdict will be overturned. feel it's a sign that there is justice in brazil and that no one not even an ex-president is above the law anyways. the conviction notwithstanding lula remains the country's most popular politician under his tenure from two thousand and three to two thousand and twelve brazil enjoyed years in which the price of petroleum and other raw materials hit record highs during those years brazil became the world's fifth largest economy unemployment and poverty fell dramatically but the boom was built on shaky ground. it was even predicted that brazil would soon overtake germany as an economic power if the collapse of commodity prices played a major role but it wasn't the only reason this never happened the main cause was the mistake made by the leftist government pr

amy: former brazilian president luis i go natural owe lula da silva is a running again for president but may soon be heading to jail. we'll continue our interview with lula in a minute and ask him about the charges against him, which his supporters say are politically motivated and talk with him about u.s. intervention in latin america, about this 15th anniversary of the invasion of iraq and much more. stay with us. ♪ amy: the woman at the end of the world bir the brazilian singer. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report, as we continue our exclusive, a conversation with brazil's former president, luiz inacio lula da silva, popularly known as lula. the highly popular former union leader is running for president in this year's election, but is facing a possible prison term on what many believe to be trumped up corruption charges tied to a sprawling probe known as operation car wash. lula was convicted of accepting a beachside apartment from an engineering firm vying for contracts at the state oil company, but many of his lula's supporters say it was political

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amy: we brazilian presidential candidate, luiz inacio lula da silva, in 30 seconds. ♪ amy: we return ur conversation with a former brazilian president, the current presidential candidate, luiz inacio lula da silva. mr. president, i want to ask about you what's happened in honduras, with the organization of american states the election there of the incumbent president hernandez was deeply flawed. with the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, nikki honduras, ambassador there, the u.s. representative there deem involved in what has taken place with the swarg-in of the presidenthehehehehehehehehehehe your thoughts on what's happened in honduras, the u.s. involvement there, and also the u.s. attitude towards, the u.s. putting certain venezuelan leaders on a list of those banned from entering the united states and taking other punitive measures against resident maduro. >> amy, it's quite visible that interfering in the countries of central america. it's not just today that there's u.s. interference. in many countries of central erica, the u.s. ambassador behaves as though they were electe

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and brazil two boxes being used in former president lula da silva as election campaign have been hit by gunfire. in the blue the wasn't in either of the vehicles. iraq's prime minister ordered the military to take full control of the country's borders after neighboring turkey said it was conducting operations in the northern kurdish region the turkish president rather tired everyone says he wants to push kurdish p.k. k. fighters out of synch region but he won't do anything without iraq's consent. yesterday we received a phone call from his excellent see the turkish prime minister who affirmed his respect for iraq's sovereignty on the borders and assured us that they would not do anything that would harm iraq's sovereignty he also confirmed that we did not have any agreement on any joint operations he repeated what he said at his press conference that the media may have reported his words mistakenly he said that they would not do anything without the approval of the iraqi government. facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg reportedly testified before a u.s. congressional committee next month

moscow has denied any involvement that's according brazil as reject an attempt by former president lula da silva to avoid a twelve year prison sentence for corruption a drawl that lula can be arrested if the jail term is up held on appeal the decision casts further doubt over his bid to run in october's presidential election the woman collecting litter in western australia has found the world's oldest known message in a bottle it was thrown from a german ship in eight hundred eighty six as part of an experiment to understand ocean currents for the headlines the news continues on al-jazeera but first it is the bone hunter. more than twenty years after the bosnian war of one man mr ching for the bones of his piece of old if you will sell it for floor. again according. to all your fed on your uncle will give you a free food and water bones are all that families have to lay their loved ones to rest for years so it is on each of those and also. it is his life mission and maybe he will know it until the end of his life. flu. willfulness one old local ski that's what. every day since two thousand and t

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i'll talk go to brazil has rejected an attempt by former president lula da silva to avoid a toby a prison sentence it ruled that lula can be arrested if the jail time is upheld on appeal the ruling cost further down to his bid to run in october's presidential election. and a woman collecting little in western australia has found the world's oldest known message in a bottle that was thrown from a german ship in eighty six part of experiment to understand ocean currents well those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after india's lady called thank you for watching. man man. take it. office sol is the barber and when i'm home. will have been a lot only ten instead. of simply loveless doesn't really have a public event i'm on board. so if you give me the border the hang on say. that's when the piano up make me the league up there. haha got my love playstation mamdani out or do it all up it may be hard to sustain life . i say he prepared or nearly will be up and i gotta say i get what you mean i had the king of school getting. out and done getting your skull. is second in

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justice, the highest legal body in the country, will rule on whether former president luiz inacio lula da silvail his last appeal isjudged. injanuary, a regional appeals court increased the corruption sentence against him to just over 12 years in prison. the former president says he remains determined to compete in elections in october. the northern ireland dup leader, arlene foster, is leading a delegation to meet the chief negotiator for the european commission, michel barnier, on tuesday. she wants to see a sensible brexit, which works for northern ireland and the whole region, with brussels officials showing greater flexibility on the issue of the border. president trump's threat to impose tariffs on imports of european cars to the us is the main talking point at the geneva motor show, which opens today. but the eu is striking back. yesterday i spoke to the european commission trade commissioner and she was telling me that they are ready for retaliation, and some reports suggest they could be putting big tariffs on things like jeans et cetera. good morning. another angle on this, bbc online

a tough court in brazil has rejected an attempt by former president lula da silva to avoid prison he's been sentenced to twelve years behind bars for corruption the superior court of justice ruled that lula can be arrested if the jail term is upheld on appeal the ruling casts further doubt over his bid to run in october as presidential election he was convicted last year for accepting a luxury apartment from a construction company involved in a massive corruption scandal. you can find much more on our. website the address for that is al jazeera dot com updated twenty four hours a day. top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says he believes north korea's willingness to discuss ending its nuclear program is genuine washington has confirmed it will be holding a meeting with south korea later this week to discuss potential denuclearization talks with pyongyang however the u.s. says it's imposing more sanctions on north korea over the killing of kim jong un's half brother last year. i think that they are sincere but i think they're sincere also because the sanctions and what

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in brazil two buses being used by former president lula da silva election campaign have been hit by gunfire no one was hurt in the attack the silver was in either of the vehicles which were transporting brazilian and foreign journalists police also due for at least two suspects is seeking a third term in october's presidential election despite a corruption conviction the bars him from running for office. thousands of soldiers and police have entered a slum complex in rio de janeiro it's the largest operations since the military took control of security in the brazilian city last month now security forces arrested twenty four people and seized large quantities of drugs they're cracking down on a wave of violence driven by fighting between rival drug gangs critics say the military intervention is curbing the civil liberties of rio's poorest residents. now survivors of the mudslide disaster in sierra leone seven months ago are struggling to rebuild their lives temperature elders for the homeless have closed and only a fraction of them are being cared for by relatives and neighbors over there t

know to improve our relations a present in court has rejected former president luis in us your lula da silva his latest appeal against a corruption conviction a further blow to his bid for reelection in october his presidential race the unanimous decision by three judges means lerner is running out of options to overturn his twelve year jail sentence for accepting a luxury apartment as a bribe is still leading the polls but is becoming an increasingly divisive figure with protests breaking out at a recent campaign rallies. israeli police have been questioning prime minister benjamin netanyahu over one of several corruption cases that could threaten his political future israeli media reports say the questioning relates to netanyahu as dealings with bezique israel's biggest telecommunications company is accused of giving basic regulatory benefits in exchange for favorable coverage on its news website or thirty's in germany have extended the period there hold the ousted catalan president as they weigh up a request to extradite him to spain it comes after catalyst pushed him on appeared in court

. >> luiz inÁcio lula da silva se lanzÓ a hacer campaÑa por su intento de volver a ocupar el cargo, laon en estados unidos el aÑo pasado a pesar del vencimiento de sus visas, el gobierno federal impuso reglas mÁs estrictas y los viajeros que ingresen como turista, tienen que prestar mucha atenciÓn para prevenir y perder ese privilegio, me campaÑa claudia, abogada y especialista en leyes de inmigraciÓn, como estÁs muy buenos dÍas feliz lunes. >> buenos dÍas. >> vamos empezar, ¿quÉ factores se toman en considerar para cancelar una visa de turista? >> primero el tiempo de estadÍa, si la persona estÁ pasando mas tiempo aquÍ que en su pais tiende a ser una bandera roja, trabajar, cometer un delito, pedir asistencia pÚblica, son otros factores por los cuales le pueden negar la visa de turista. >> vamos a ir analizando poco a poco cada uno de los pasos, si un extranjero o una persona que llega aquÍ a estados unidos con una visa de turista, pero el amor es loco y se enamora y seq quiere quedar a vivir acÁ quÉ opciÓn legal podrÍa tener? >> si la pareja es ciudadana americana si se pueden casar

now a top court in brazil has rejected an attempt by former president lula da silva to avoid a told me a prison sentence the supreme court of justice has ruled that lula can be arrested at the jail term is up held on appeal the ruling casts further doubt of a his bid to run in october presidential election unit was convicted in twenty seventeen for accepting a luxury apartment from a construction company involved in a massive corruption scandal. time for a short break here al-jazeera when we come back this is the twenty first century you know what was unearthed this happening twenty first century and women have been told shouldn't brutalised spreading their message hundreds of women begin their journey to raise awareness of the plight of syrian woman. and. preparations for a return to. say with us. hello there we've had a lot of wintery weather across parts of north america recently we've seen a lot of heavy snow over parts of the midwest and also some very strong winds and that of course has given us some blizzards now this is caused quite bad visibility on some of the roads cording q

court has failed to reach a final agreement on whether the former president luis in the theory lula da silva should go straight to jail if he loses next week's corruption appeal the eleven judges will no vote on april fourth more than a week after his appeal hearing the supreme court will also decide if he'll grant an injunction preventing move from being arrested before their decision in july he was found guilty of receiving a luxury flat as a bribe from a brazilian construction company in return for contracts with states' oil giant petrobras the debate has begun in peru's congress over whether to accept the president's resignation peder a popular christian ski announced he was stepping down on whedon's day ahead of an impeachment vote over corruption allegations prosecutors have asked a judge to prevent him from leaving the country he is guaranteed presidential immunity from prosecution until the congress formally accepts that resignation and the vice president as martin vizcaya is sworn in to replace him maria sanchez joins us live now from lima he's always said he's innocent so if he's i

the outages zero washington judges in brazil have rejected an attempt by the former president lula da silva to avoid a twenty twelve year prison sentence the superior court of justice ruled he can be rearrested if the jail is held on appeal the ruling cost further doubt on his bid to run for the presidential election in october looted silva who was convicted last year for accepting a luxury apartment from a construction company involved in a massive corruption scandal. calls are growing in argentina for abortion to be legalized it's restricted in this mainly catholic country for instance of the pregnancy is the result of rape congress is expected to debate the controversial issue for the first time just risible no reports from when as ours. so. green bandanas have become the symbol of the fight or legalized abortion in argentina. on tuesday there were hundreds of them when the bill was presented in congress. this is the seventh time we've presented this project and for the first time it will be debated in congress that's why we're happy and it includes the possibility of having an abortion

talk court in brazil has rejected an attempt by former president lula da silva to avoid prison he's been sentenced to twelve years behind bars for corruption the superior court of justice rule can be arrested if the jail term is up held an appeal the ruling cost for the doubt of his bid to run the presidential election was convicted last year for accepting a luxury apartment from a construction company involved in a massive corruption scandal. lawmakers in argentina have introduced a bill to legalize abortion currently the only allowed when the mother's life or health is in danger or if the pregnancy is a result of rape to raise a bow reports of what is ours. so. green bandanas have become the symbol of the fight illegalize abortion in argentina. on tuesday there were hundreds of them when the bill was presented in congress. this is the seventh time we've presented this project and for the first time it will be debated in congress that's why we're happy and it includes the possibility of having an abortion until fourteen weeks of pregnancy we've been fighting for years for something like