Workers Party Presidential candidate Fernando Haddad, raises hands with his vice presidential candidate Manuela d'Avila in front of the Federal Police headquarters, where Brazilian former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is imprisoned, in Curitiba, Brazil September 11, 2018. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer
CURITIBA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's most popular politician, imprisoned former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, on Tuesday ended his legal battle to run for the top office in next month's election.
Senator Gleisi Hoffmann, head of the leftist Workers Party (PT) that Lula founded, made the announcement in the southern city of Curitiba, where Lula has been jailed on corruption charges since April.
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