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Workers' Party presidential candidate Fernando Haddad, center, and his running-mate Manuela d'Avila, right, hold a campaign rally outside federal police headquarters where former President Luiz inacio Lula da Silva is in jail for corruption in Curitiba, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018. Brazil’s Workers’ Party replaced da Silva with Haddad as its candidate for October’s general election, clarifying one of the biggest question marks hanging over the vote to lead Latin America’s largest nation. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Da Silva’s candidate vows to be his own man in Brazil

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

CORRECTS MONTH - In this handout photo provided by the National Social Liberal Party press office, presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro poses for a photo while sitting in his hospital room at the Albert Einstein Hospital, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. The far-right congressman was stabbed on Thursday during a campaign rally. Bolsonaro, 63, suffered intestinal damage and serious internal bleeding, according to Dr. Luiz Henrique Borsato, one of the surgeons who operated on the candidate. (Flavio Bolsonaro/National Social Liberal Party via AP)

Brazilian court spares far-right candidate from racism trial

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 19, 2018 file photo, presidential hopeful, conservative Brazilian lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro flashes two thumbs up as he poses for a photo with cadets during a ceremony marking Army Day, in Brasilia, Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

A look at top candidates in Brazil’s presidential race

By SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

Supporters of Brazil's Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, display banners with text written in Portuguese that read &quot;Free Lula&quot; during during a protest in front of the Superior Electoral Court, as the trial against the candidacy of the jailed former president continues, in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. Brazil's general elections will be held on October 7. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil leftist party insists on banned candidate da Silva

By STAN LEHMAN - Associated Press

Brazil's Minister of the Superior Electoral Court Luis Roberto Barroso speaks during a the trial against the candidacy of jailed former president da Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. Brazil's general elections will be held on October 7. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

The Latest: Court majority blocks ex-president in Brazil

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Brazil's Minister of the Superior Electoral Court Luis Roberto Barroso listens during a the trial against the candidacy of jailed former president da Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 31, 2018. Brazil's general elections will be held on October 7. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Brazil’s Lula da Silva barred from running for presidency

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

A man checks his mobile phone in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. A consortium of news organizations in Brazil is working to debunk rumors and misinformation circulating on WhatsApp, a wildly popular messaging service that is difficult to police because users share messages privately. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

Journalists debunk rumors on WhatsApp ahead of Brazil vote

By SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

Workers' Party candidate for vice-president Fernando Haddad, 2nd right, walks with a supporter who wears a T-shirt with a photo of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a campaign rally in Sao Goncalo municipality, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018. Former Sao Paulo Mayor Haddad will replace jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva if the electoral justice bars him from running for president. Brazil will hold general elections on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Likely Lula replacement denies corruption charges in Brazil

By BEATRICE CHRISTOFARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2018 file photo, debate mediator Ricardo Boechat, center, stands with Brazil's presidential candidates before the start of a debate in Sao Paulo, Brazil, ahead of October elections. From left are Alvaro Dias of Podemos Party, Cabo Daciolo of Patriota Party, Geraldo Alckmin of the Social Democratic Party, Marina Silva of the Sustainability Network Party, Jair Bolsonaro of the National Social Liberal Party, Guilherme Boulos of the Socialism and Liberty Party, Henrique Meirelles of the Democratic Movement Party, and Ciro Gomes of the Democratic Labor Party. General elections are set for October. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

A look at the leading candidates for Brazil’s presidency

By SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 7, 2018 file photo, former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on before speaking to supporters outside the Metal Workers Union headquarters in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. Da Silva has registered on Aug. his candidacy for president, experts say there is a narrow path by which authorities could allow him to run. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Could Brazil’s da Silva really run? It’s not likely

By SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

Supporters holding a photo of Brazil's jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes part in the Free Lula March, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug.15 2018. Thousands of supporters of the jailed leader and a current presidential candidate, are in Brasilia to monitor the registration of Lula's presidential candidacy, which will be held today by the Workers' Party in the Superior Electoral Court. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

In defiant act, Brazil party registers Lula for president

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 28, 2018 file photo, a supporter of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio da Silva holds up a mask of his face during a &quot;Free Lula&quot; festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The poll-leading former president is in prison on corruption and money laundering charges and likely to be barred from running for president in October. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Wanted in Brazil: Some willing vice presidential candidates

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA and PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press

People hold up masks depicting the Brazilian former president Luiz Inacio da Silva during the Lula Free festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 28, 2018. Popular Brazilian musicians and social movements organized a concert to call for the release of da Silva, who has been in prison since April, but continues to lead the preferences on the polls ahead of October's election. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Brazilian celebrities hold ‘Free Lula’ concert in Rio

By BEATRICE CHRISTOFARO - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 8, 2018 file photo, a supporter of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva waves a banner decorated with an image depicting da Silva and message that reads in Portuguese: &quot;Free Lula,&quot; in front of the Federal Police Department where he is serving jail time, in Curitiba, Brazil. A Brazilian appeals court judge ordered Da Silva released from jail on July 8, 2018, but another judge has asked the police to hold off on the order. (AP Photo/Denis Ferreira Netto, File)

Brazil’s Lula to revoke privatizations through referendums

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and his lawyer Cristiano Zanin leave the Lula Institute building in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, April 5, 2018. Federal judge Sergio Moro on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for da Silva, a major blow for the once wildly popular leader who was trying to mount a political comeback ahead of October's elections. (AP Photo/Marcelo Chello)

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sent to prison in Brazil for corruption

By Federico Puglie — Special to The Washington Times

Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (center) was convicted of corruption Wednesday and sentenced to a decade in jail. Silva will remain free pending appeal. (Associated Press)

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sentencing for corruption could kill comeback hopes

By Frederic Puglie — Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2007 file photo, Brazil's President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, left, walks with his wife Marisa Leticia upon arrival to a military airbase in Torrejon de Ardoz, Spain. Doctors and the former president said Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017 Brazil's former first lady no longer has brain function and they are preparing to donate her organs. The 66-year-old former first lady had been hospitalized in Sao Paulo since Jan. 24 after suffering a stroke. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Brazil ex-first lady no longer has brain function

By PETER PRENGAMAN - Associated Press

The expected Senate vote to impeach Dilma Rousseff means that Michel Temer, her running mate-turned-nemesis, would take over as acting president, a promotion that would be permanent if Ms. Rousseff is convicted. (Associated Press)

Dilma Rousseff loyalists decry ‘coup’ as Brazilian lawmakers debate impeachment

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

Demonstrators in Sao Paulo parade inflatable dolls depicting former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in prison garb and current President Dilma Rousseff dressed as a thief, with a presidential sash that reads "Impeachment." (Associated Press)

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s dramatic downfall rattles Brazil

By Frederic Puglie - Special to The Washington Times

Brazil hacker posts alleged data of ex- president

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press