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March 15, 2016

Former Brazilian President Lula to Take New Government Post
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In Brazil, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has reportedly
accepted a ministerial role in the government of President Dilma
Rousseff. Taking the post will grant Lula a degree of legal protection
from what he says are politically motivated charges of money laundering.
State prosecutors filed for Lula's arrest last week. Over the weekend,
more than a million people took to the streets to protest Dilma
Rousseff's government amid a corruption scandal and economic crisis.


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