The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. September 7, 2018 Brazilian Workers' Party Candidate Lula da Silva to End Presidential Bid ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The stabbing came as jailed former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva appears poised to give up his campaign for the presidency, after a Supreme Court judge on Thursday rejected his latest appeal, saying Lula can not run from prison. Polls show Lula as the front-running candidate for the October presidential elections. .