Brazil: Several Prisoners to Benefit from Christmas Pardon

President Dilma Rousseff has issued the traditional Christmas pardon for some elderly prisoners and others who have served a third of their sentences. Other beneficiaries are pregnant women with sentences of up to eight years and mothers of minors with severe diseases. The pardon may also lead to the release of President Lula da Silva’s Cabinet Chief Jose Dirceu, now serving time for corruption. teleSUR.