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Lula’s Sentencing Should Be a Sober Moment for All Brazilians

By Lucia Guimarães

His downfall – and enduring popularity – reveal the pervasiveness of corruption and Brazilian’s lack of political options.

Former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s sentencing on Wednesday was long expected, but no less of a bombshell. Lula may have fallen from the pedestal of international acclaim and approval ratings north of 80 percent; a majority of Brazilians may think he broke the law, at a time when citizens are...

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