Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defends conviction of former President Jair Bolsonaro

SAfm
16 Sep 2025

A senior researcher with SAIIA’s African Governance and Diplomacy Programme, Gustavo de Carvalho, speaks to SAfm about an opinion piece published in The New York Times in which Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defended the recent conviction of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

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