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Lula’s comeback adds to long list of Brazil investor worries

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was thrust back into Brazil’s political scene after a Federal Supreme Court (STF) justice tossed out criminal convictions against the leftist icon, adding to angst that has already prompted investors to dump the country’s assets.

The federal court in the southern city of Curitiba had no jurisdiction over cases against the ex-president, including ones that led to sentences for bribery, Justice Edson Fachin wrote in a statement on Monday. The news sent stocks and the currency cratering, deepening some of the worst performances this year at . . .

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