Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a congress about education in Brasilia, Brazil January 12, 2017. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Workers Party plans to field former two-term leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the 2018 elections despite his facing five separate corruption trials, the party's leader said on Tuesday.
Lula, who led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, is still one of Brazil's most popular politicians, though his prestige has been tarnished by graft charges. His party was ousted from power when his hand-picked successor Dilma Rousseff was impeached last year.
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