Weekly Report - 20 September 2012 (WR-12-37)

With his legacy under scrutiny as never before, former president Lula da Silva (2003-2010) went to Mexico City this week, his first official trip out of the country since his battle with throat cancer earlier this year. As the supreme court trial into the alleged congressional bribery scheme known as the mensalão began to examine the main political suspects, all of them senior associates of Lula, including the former president and former treasurer of the ruling Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT), and Lula’s former second-in-command in government (José Dirceu), the opposition intensified its attacks on the PT, just weeks ahead of the 7 October municipal elections.

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