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Brazil Going Up in Flames
Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:27 pm
by MachineGhost
I can only dream of this happening in the good ol' US of A.
Brazil’s prosecutor general asked the Supreme Court on Tuesday to authorize a probe of senior politicians for their roles in the country’s largest corruption scandal.
The prosecutor is asking to open 28 new investigations of 54 people, including politicians, according to an official with knowledge of the request who asked not to be identified because it’s not public. If authorized, some of the probes would center on whether the politicians were involved in an alleged kickback scheme that may have funneled hundreds of millions of dollars from state-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro SA to political parties. The Supreme Court will decide whether to reveal the names of those accused.
Re: Brazil Going Up in Flames
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 9:32 am
by MachineGhost
Things heating up!
[quote=
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/ ... KB20150318]Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has launched an anti-corruption offensive to counter rising discontent over the kickback scandal that took place at Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) during the years she was chairwoman of the state-run oil company. Her proposals include the criminalization of campaign slush funds, seizure of assets from government officials convicted of corruption and implementing an anti-bribery law passed more than a year ago.
On Sunday, over 1 million people took to Brazil's streets in anti-government protests.[/quote]
Re: Brazil Going Up in Flames
Posted: Thu Mar 19, 2015 10:50 am
by dualstow
No wonder wealthy Brazilians are buying up Miami.