Thursday, February 25, 2016

#BRAZIL: Pres. Rousseff's Election Adviser Charged In Corruption Probe Of Her Party

[world politics news]


Prosecutors investigating Brazil’s state-run oil company on corruption charges have issued an arrest warrant for the strategist who engineered embattled Pres. Dilma Rousseff’s 2014 re-election. Police say that João Santana - a consultant for Rousseff and a former treasurer for Rousseff’s ruling Workers’ Party - accepted $3 million in bribes from engineering firm Group Odebrecht as compensation for Petrobras construction contracts.

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