New York Times: Crisis in Brazil Widens With Report of Firm’s Payments to Politicians
RIO DE JANEIRO — In the latest twist to Brazil’s colossal corruption scandals, the country’s already beleaguered political establishment found itself under siege on Wednesday over revelations of payments made to figures across the ideological spectrum by the construction giant Odebrecht.
The payments by Odebrecht, a company at the heart of graft scandals enmeshing the government of President Dilma Rousseff and some of her most prominent opponents, reflect the volatility of Brazil’s political crisis.
The revelations came after a ruling on Tuesday by a justice of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal that shifted jurisdiction to the high court of an investigation of former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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WNU Editor: Someone is leaking a lot of information to the press.
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