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Weekly Report - 09 March 2023 (WR-23-10)
BRAZIL: Lula unmoved by corruption allegations
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held a meeting with his communications minister, Juscelino Filho, on 6 March. Lula summoned Filho to the meeting after allegations of corruption reported in the national daily O Estado de S Paulo four days earlier, insisting that he would be dismissed if he failed to give a satisfactory explanation. Filho remained in his post after the meeting.
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