Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stands behind s a banner reading "Lula is innocent" after being released from prison, in Curitiba, Brazil November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer
BRASILIA/CURITIBA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil's leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva left prison on Friday after a judge ordered his release, startling financial markets and reigniting both ends of the political spectrum with calls for demonstrations in coming days.
As he walked out of the jail that held him for 19 months on a bribery conviction, Lula raised a defiant fist in the air to the cheers of a crowd of supporters from his Workers Party who waved red flags and held "Free Lula" banners.
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