Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| New photographs added. | Oct 27, 2026 | ||
| Updated article to reflect winning historic fourth term as President. | Oct 26, 2026 | ||
| Noted that he was reelected in 2026. | Oct 25, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 23, 2026 | ||
| Article updated to reflect third term and 2026 election. | Oct 05, 2026 | ||
| Media added. | Aug 18, 2026 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Brown University Library - Center for Digital Scholarship - Luiz Ign�cio Lula da Silva. | Apr 02, 2024 | ||
| Added a description of the response to Lula's election as president, including the storming of Brazil's Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace by Bolsonaro's supporters on January 8, 2023. | Jan 09, 2023 | ||
| Noted that he became president of Brazil in 2023. | Jan 01, 2023 | ||
| Added a description of events leading up to Lula's reelection as president in October 2022. | Oct 31, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 03, 2022 | ||
| Noted that in July 2022 Lula became the Workers' Party's official candidate in the 2022 presidential election. | Sep 07, 2022 | ||
| Corrected typo. | Sep 07, 2022 | ||
| Noted that a Supreme Court justice dismissed corruption charges against Lula in March 2021. | Mar 22, 2021 | ||
| Added a description of Lula's release from prison in November 2019. | Nov 19, 2019 | ||
| Noted that in February 2019 Lula was convicted in another corruption case and sentenced to an additional 12 years and 11 months in prison. | Feb 07, 2019 | ||
| Added a description of the termination of Lula's presidential candidacy in September 2018. | Sep 18, 2018 | ||
| Noted that despite his incarceration, Lula was nominated as the Workers' Party's presidential candidate in August 2018. | Aug 06, 2018 | ||
| Added a description of the events leading to Lula's surrender on April 6, 2018, to begin serving a prison sentence. | Apr 10, 2018 | ||
| Noted that Lula's conviction was upheld by an appellate court in January 2018. | Jan 25, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Biography of Luiz In�cio "Lula" da Silva. | Sep 22, 2017 | ||
| Noted that in July 2017 Lula was found guilty of corruption and money laundering. | Jul 12, 2017 | ||
| Noted the death of Lula's wife in February 2017 and the beginning of the corruption trial related to the luxury apartment and OAS in May 2017. | Jun 07, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: South African History Online - Biography of Luis In�cio Lula da Silva. | Nov 15, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Presidency - Republic of South Africa - Biography of Luis In�cio Lula da Silva. | Nov 15, 2016 | ||
| Noted that in September 2016 Lula was formally charged with corruption and money laundering and ordered to stand trial. | Sep 21, 2016 | ||
| Noted that Lula was charged with money laundering and added a description of events surrounding his being named Rousseff's chief of staff. | Mar 30, 2016 | ||
| Added a description of the growing Petrobras scandal and Lula's arrest and questioning in March 2016 in relation to it. | Mar 07, 2016 | ||
| He left office on Jan. 1, 2011. | Jan 04, 2011 | ||
| Added descripion of Lula's second term and of the election of his successor, Dilma Rousseff. | Nov 01, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Nov 10, 2006 | ||
| New article added. | Mar 18, 2004 |
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