One Scandal, Two Presidents and a Wall of Worry for Brazil
The former president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, at a conference in Sao Paulo, on June 22, 2015. Photograph: Felipe Rau/Agencia Estado/AP Images
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He was celebrated as the architect of an economic miracle -- the man who would finally turn Brazil into a fair and prosperous nation.
But now Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been caught up in a wave of corruption probes sweeping the country and besieging his successor and protégé, President Dilma Rousseff.