Brazil's Lula quits presidential race, Haddad to run instead

Fernando Haddad, shown here, will run in place of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as the Workers Party candidate in Brazil's presidential election.

Brazil's jailed ex-leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva tapped his runningmate Fernando Haddad on Tuesday to replace him on the ballot in next month's presidential election, bowing out of the race after he was barred from seeking a new term.

The switch was approved at a meeting of the Workers Party in the southern city of Curitiba -- where Lula has been held since April for corruption -- as the clock ticked down on a court-ordered deadline for him to name a stand-in.