Brazilian prosecutors who indicted Lula da Silva schemed to prevent his party from winning

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2. I hope so. Although most U.S. media ignores these stories, or parrots Latin right-wing spin

Something similar to Lula's case is taking place in neighboring Argentina, where the neo-con Macri administration has been trying to throw Macri's most visible opponent, former President Cristina Kirchner in jail on similar grounds.

And like Lula's case, no evidence against Mrs. Kirchner has emerged, which of course hasn't stopped them from concocting some.

The most egregious is probably the "notebooks" kept by a former Public Works Ministry chauffeur detailing large campaign contributions (and, it's inferred, personal payoffs) in cash.

The problem: the "notebooks" have never been produced. Merely photocopies - which as you know are not admissible, since they could be from anything.

Indeed, the judge in the case (a political operative, like Brazil's Sérgio Moro) refuses to subject them to a handwriting and diction analysis (they read nothing like the way the man speaks).

There's reason to believe Macri's doing all this at Elliot Abrams' (and Cheeto's) behest. It wouldn't be surprising.