The decision by a Brazilian court to uphold the corruption conviction against former President Lula complicates his plans to run for the presidency this year but it doesn't finish them altogether. The jump in markets that followed today’s decision was inevitable but, unless a credible reformist candidate emerges, it may yet fizzle out.
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