Operation Car Wash

The Brazilian Supreme Court has annulled聽convictions against former president Lula da Silva, opening the way for him to run in the 2022 election, write聽Geisa Marques, Leandro Melito and聽Igor Carvalho.

Messages between Brazil鈥檚 federal prosecutor, Deltan Dallagnol, who led 翱辫别谤补莽茫辞 Lava Jato (Operation Car Wash) and then-judge, Sergio Moro, have revealed that the evidence used to jail Brazil鈥檚 Workers鈥 Party (PT) former president Luis Inacio 鈥淟ula鈥 da Silva, was tenuous at best and that the charges against him may have been groundless.