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A former president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, was today handed a 12 year prison term after a judge gave him 24 hours to surrender to police. The 72-year-old president, who was one of the most popular politicians on the planet following a landslide victory in Brazil’s October presidential election has vow to fight any prison official if they dare to arrest him. It could be recalled that in July last year, Mr. da Silva was convicted on corruption and money laundering charges and sentenced to almost 10 years in prison. In January, an appeals court unanimously upheld the conviction and increased the sentence to 12 years.

Jewish wedding ceremony involving a two lesbian coulple which held in the iconic Brazilian hotel frequented by kings and queens has made headlines in Latin America’s largest nation. According to Forward.com, its the first Jewish same-sex wedding to go so public and is believed to be the first Jewish ceremony between two women in Brazil. Some 200 guests attended the lavish nuptials held Saturday at the luxurious Copacabana Palace Hotel, where pharmacist Roberta Gradel and economist Priscila Raab were married under a huppah. Gradel is Jewish and Rabb is not. “And they said ‘I do’” read the headline of the Monday edition of Rio’s most influential newspaper, O Globo, next to a large photo of the brides kissing under the canopy. Social media in the country were flooded with photos and videos of the couple during the ceremony. It was the first time in 95 years that a same-sex wedding took place at the Copacabana Palace — the first choice for kings and queens visiting Rio. It’s an ...