Lula was convicted of money laundering and passive corruption, defined in Brazilian criminal law as the receipt of a bribe by a civil servant or government official.

[2] On February 6, 2019, in another trial he was sentenced to 12 years and 11 months of imprisonment for the crimes of passive corruption and money laundering in the process that deals with the receipt of undue advantages through reforms made at a site in Atibaia and paid by Odebrecht and Schahin as counterpart for the conclusion of overburdened contracts with Petrobras.

[3] However, leaked cellphone chats published by The Intercept suggested Sergio Moro, who became a justice minister after the conviction, steered the case against Lula.

[4] In November 2019, the Supreme Federal Court ruled that incarcerations with pending appeals were unlawful and Lula was released from prison as a result.

[9] The support has also came from Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, the Nobel laureate of Argentina,[10] José Pepe Mujica, the former president of Uruguay,[citation needed] Danny Glover, a UN goodwill Ambassador,[11] Noam Chomsky,[12][13][14][15] in addition to foreign leftist leaders, such as Michelle Bachelet from Chile and Bolivian leader Evo Morales.