Nigeria, April 10 -- The former Latin American labour leader and past Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and African intellectual and ex-President of Cote d'Voire, Laurent Gbagbo have returned from years in prison to be the hope of their various countries. Both are victims of international conspiracy executed by local lackeys employing dubious judicial processes designed to work to a given answer.
Lula and Gbagbo are courageous men who challenged decades of subservience to international powers and profiteers; their leadership gave hope to their people. Both men have just survived vicious schemes to quash them.
Lula led the Brazilian Workers Party to victory in 2003. The trade unionist, who had been imprisoned for opposing mili...