(Bloomberg) -- President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s emergency surgery has suddenly forced Brazilians to confront a difficult question: Is their 79-year-old leader fit for the task of commanding ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) has been doing some work from hospital, leaving his Vice President Geraldo Alckmin (L) to pick up only a little of his workload This handout ...

Lula rushed to Sao Paulo hospital overnight for surgery Doctors successfully drained a bleed on his brain Lula likely to remain in hospital for a few days Setbacks for president's party keep focus ...

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been freed after more than 18 months in prison. The left-wing former leader, known as Lula, was greeted with rapturous applause from ...

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been convicted of corruption charges and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison. The judge ruled he could remain free pending an appeal.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Doctors discharged Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from a Sao Paulo hospital on Sunday, after a pair of emergency surgeries last week to treat and ...

An ally, Uruguay's ex-president Jose Mujica, recently told AFP: "Lula's nearly 80 and he has no replacement. That is Brazil's misfortune." Bolsonaro, 69, faces challenges of a legal nature to try ...