Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a press conference at the headquarters of the Workers' Party in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 13, 2017. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday that he still intended to run for president in the 2018 elections. This came a day after he was sentenced to nine-and-a-half-year in prison for corruption and was barred from running for public office for 19 years. (Xinhua/Rahel Patrasso)
