Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a Workers' Party meeting regarding the National Act for Education, in Brasilia August 14, 2015. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
BRASILIA (Reuters) - A Brazilian news magazine has accused former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of acting as lobbyist in Cuba for Brazil's largest engineering firm Odebrecht, which built the container terminal at the Cuban port of Mariel.
In this week's edition headlined "Our man in Havana," Epoca magazine cited Brazilian diplomatic cables about visits to Cuba by Lula after he had left office. During those visits he sought to further Brazilian business interests on the island, it said.
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