Tag: scandal

Brazil Says Man Accused of Being Pay-Off Scheme Moneyman Was Never Lula’s Consultant

The office of Brazil’s Presidency has released a note denying that adman/businessman Marco Valério ...

Adman Involved in Brazilian Vote-Buying Scheme Says Lula Was Out of the Loop

Following testimony at the Brazil’s Chief Federal Prosecutor’s Office (Procuradoria-Geral da República) (PGR), adman/businessman ...

Brazil Denies Any Shady Deal with Portugal Telecom

Brazil’s Presidential Press Secretary’s Office issued a note, yesterday, August 2, stating that “at ...

Brazil’s Ex-Chief of Staff Denies Everything, But Doesn’t Convince Congress Committee

During more than seven hours of testimony before the Brazilian Congress’s Ethics Council (Conselho ...

Brazilian Congress Probe Gets Names of Who Got Money

The financial director of the SMP&B firm, Simone Vasconcelos, left Brazil’s Federal Police headquarters ...

Brazil’s Former Chief of Staff Has His Day Before Ethics Council

A lot is going on in BrasÀ­lia, Brazil’s capital, at the moment. At least ...

Brazil Confident Congress Will Not Halt Due to Corruption Probes

The head of Brazil’s Secretariat of Institutional Relations, minister Jaques Wagner, had a meeting ...

Brazil’s Supreme Orders Inquiry on Government’s Vote-Buying Scheme

Brazil’s Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal Federal) (STF) has ordered an investigation into whether or ...

Brazil’s PT Short Journey from Model Party to As Shady As the Other Guy

Revelations of widespread corruption in the upper reaches of the Workers Party government in ...

Brazil’s Congress All Tied Up with Corruption Inquiries

Another Parliamentary Investigation Commission (CPI, Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito) will begin work today in ...