04-05-2016 22:07 via news.yahoo.com

Brazil prosecutor's move against Lula clouds ruling party's outlook

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - A request by Brazil's prosecutor general for a Supreme Court investigation of ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva raises the odds against the ruling Workers Party emerging from scandal in time for the 2018 presidential election, analysts said on Wednesday. Already hurt by fallout from a massive corruption scheme, and impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, the leftist party is largely resigned to her removal. Rousseff's mentor and a her
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