EFTA Document EFTA01377535

The ex-president's activities were legal, a spokesman from Lula's foundation, known as Instituto Lula, said by phone Thursday, asking not to be named citing internal rules. The institute later wrote in a statement that Lula was surprised by news of the investigation, which it called unjustified. At least one political leader wasn't caught by total surprise on Thursday, as lower house President Eduardo Cunha earlier in the day forecast the country's political crisis would worsen. He was refer