Opinion by Michael Royster
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Today’s column is likely to be considered “wonky” by many, but the Curmudgeon feels that he ought to explain what is causing the nationwide debate over whether former President Lula should be imprisoned.
He was found guilty of corruption by a trial court and that court’s decision was unanimously affirmed by a three-judge panel of the federal appeals court.
The short answer is that Brazil’s 1988 Constitution contains a legal “jabuticaba”.
To explain: the jabuticaba fruit is native to Brazil, and is found nowhere else in . . .
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