Brazil Institute director Paulo Sotero on Lula charged

World Today

In Brazil, it has been nearly a week since ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was questioned and then released by police.

Now he’s facing charges in connection with a corruption scandal at the state oil company “Petrobras”.

CCTV America’s Mike Walter spoke to Paulo Sotero about the political turmoil in Brazil. He is the director of the Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholar.