Rousseff’s dispute with the Judiciary could cost the Treasury 27bn dollars

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Brazil's government faces as much as 74 billion Reais (40 billion dollars) of unbudgeted expenses in 2012 stemming from lawsuits awaiting judgement at the country's Supreme Court, the Correio Brasilense newspaper reported on Sunday. Read full article

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GeoffWard2
No pay increase for judges, but a HUGE hike last year in salaries & pensions to politicians.
This was so obviously an error of judgement at the time, but who knows the details of how the pressure was applied to this new Presidenta.
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