Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula Silva left prison on Friday startling financial markets and reigniting both ends of the spectrum with calls for demonstrations in coming days... ..…

He remains a popular figure on the left, whose politicians and voters have ceaselessly called for his release. . The decision was a sharp change for Brazil’s top court, which in February 2016 accepted that defendants whose convictions are upheld may be jailed even if their other appeals..…

Lula, still widely popular in Brazil, may rally the country's political left, which has suffered setbacks and is now in the opposition, but his appeals are still pending, and he could wind up back in jail. . . . . ... Lula, still widely popular in Brazil, may rally the country's..…