Busy weekend in Latin America, with Lula out of prison in Brazil and Evo Morales resigning from office in Bolivia; Brazilian financial market reacts badly, Bovespa falls and the dollar opens in fall in Brazil this Monday

The crisis in Bolivia, Lula's exit from prison and infrastructure projects are the main issues in Brazilian newspapers this Monday. The State of Sao Paulo states that Evo and three others in the power line resign in Bolivia; Globo publishes that Evo Morales resigns under protests and military pressure and Correio Braziliense reports that Evo Morales resigns and Bolivia is left without government; according to Folha de S.Paulo says that Lula will start a series of trips around the country starting in Pernambuco, in the Brazilian Northeast; and Valor Econômico reports that only 6% of cities meet basic sanitation goals.

Pressured by opponents, police, and military, Evo Morales left Bolivia's presidency after nearly 14 years in power. After he left power, there was a cascading departure from the authorities that formed the constitutional succession line. This has created an unknown about who will take over the government in the country.

Lula

According to the president of Cebrap (Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning) and philosophy professor at Unicamp (State University of Campinas), Marcos Nobre states that with the release of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the country's political scenario changes completely. For him, the PT, Lula's party, should present an opposition program to President Jair Bolsonaro.

Former President Lula has said he will oppose the government of Jair Bolsonaro. That means new pressure movements on the already weakened government. Lula represents a larger organization of the opposition to the government, which until now was disorganized. Since the government of Jair Bolsonaro has great difficulty defending its theses in the Brazilian Congress, the reinforcement and reorganization of the opposition could make even more difficult the economic change projects proposed by the current government.

Basic sanitation in Brazil

Meanwhile, in Brazil, according to the Valor Econômico newspaper, only 6% of Brazilian cities meet the basic sanitation goals of the new sanitation legal framework. Of the 5,570 Brazilian cities, only 343 already have a sanitation coverage rate above 90% for water supply and 60% for sewage collection and treatment.

#LulaLivreUrgente and #LulaNaCadeia are on the trending topic of Twitter as the STF decides to keep former president Lula in prison

By 3 votes to 2 against, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) has decided today to deny the proposal of Minister Gilmar Mendes to grant former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva provisional release.

According to the Folha de S.Paulo newspaper, Lula's defense highlighted the revelation of messages from the current Minister of Justice, Sergio Moro (who ruled Lula) and Lava Jato authorities (who investigated Lula) released by The Intercept Brasil since the last day 9.

Intercept reports, according to several politicians allied with Lula, indicate that Moro "had a personal animosity against the accused, provided evidence to the prosecution outside the case, previously combined petitions and decisions."

The Intercept: "Judge Sergio Moro repeatedly counseled prosecutor Deltan Dallagnol via Telegram during more than two years of Operation Car Wash"

The Intercept, site of the journalist Glenn Greenwald presented messages exchanges between prosecutors such as Deltan Dallagnol and the then judge and current Justice Minister Sérgio Moro about some investigated issues and possible political motivations of the investigations. The targets of the talks recently reported that they had their cell phones hacked.

According to The Intercept, leaked documents "reveals serious ethical violations and legally prohibited collaboration between the judge and prosecutors who last year convicted and imprisoned former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva".