Eduardo Duhalde to visit Lula Da Silva in prison

The former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva receives Thursday, July 18th the visit of the former president of Argentina, Eduardo Duhaldeand it becomes the fifth former head of state to travel to Lula and denounce his political prison.

On October 4, Lula also received another important support from the neighboring country, the presidential candidate, Alberto Fernández.

On Sunday, several Latin American leaders gathered in Mexico issued a manifesto against the increased use of legal processes for political purposes, called Lawfare, on the continent.

Duhalde goes to Lula at 4 pm, accompanied by the journalist and writer Emir Sader. After the meeting, the former Argentine president must attend the press after his departure from the Superintendency of the Federal Police in Curitiba, where Lula has been unfairly imprisoned since April 2018.

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Since her transfer to Curitiba, Lula has received several personalities who acknowledge the illegality of her arrest. Pepe Mujica (Uruguay), Ernesto Samper (Colombia), Mbadimo D'Alema (Italy) and Dilma Rousseff are among the former heads of state who have already served on the former president. Lula is also expected to receive in the coming weeks the former Spanish Prime Minister, José Zapatero.