Former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ended a two-day standoff with authorities on Saturday, turning himself in to face a 12-year sentence on corruption charges and leaving a leader long hailed as a standard-bearer of the global left to stage his avowed political comeback from prison. The move sharply escalates a roiling political drama in Latin America's largest nation, while marking a stunning reversal for a man President Barack Obama once called "the most popular politician on Earth." His imprisonment underscores the scope of the corruption probe known as Operation Car Wash that is bringing down political and business leaders across Latin America, and in which Lula is by far the biggest figure yet to fall. | 
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