Lula runs for Brazil president from jail

By Ricardo Brito and Lisandra Paraguassu
Updated August 16 2018 - 9:51am, first published 9:50am

Brazil's Workers Party has registered jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as its presidential candidate for October's election, even as he sat in prison serving a 12-year sentence for corruption.

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