Brazil's senate president caught on recording trying to stifle the Petrobras investigation

Thursday, May 26th 2016 - 05:36 UTC

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The president of Brazil's Senate was put on the defensive with the release of a secretly recorded conversation that reveals him proposing to weaken one of the key tools prosecutors have used to catch politicians and businessmen in a sweeping corruption scandal. Read full article

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golfcronie
Aren't “ phone taps ” illegal in Brazil?
May 26th, 2016 - 06:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Tik Tok
Hang another one, after all the hangings there will be very few left standing
May 26th, 2016 - 06:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Marti Llazo
Headline: “ ....senate president caught red-handed truing to ...”

Mercopiss caught red-handed truing to proofread.
May 26th, 2016 - 07:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Terence Hill
”The final proof of illegitimacy appeared on Monday, May 23, when the newspaper Folha de São Paulo published transcripts of conversations between the senator Romero Jucá and Sérgio Machado, the ex-chairman of Transpetro, the largest oil and gas transportation company in Brazil.
In the conversations, recorded in March — apparently by Machado himself — Jucá and his interlocutor talk about Operation Car Wash, in which both are being investigated, and the damage it can cause to their parties — the PMDB and the PSDB. The contents of their conversations are appalling.
Machado says that “the easiest solution” to stop Operation Car Wash “is an agreement to appoint Michel (as president of the republic) as part of a grand national pact.”Additionally, Temer’s former minister remarks that he “is speaking with generals, military commanders. They are fine with this, they say they will guarantee it.
In light of all this information, this situation can only be described as a coup. The conversations between Jucá and Machado make it even clearer that there is great similarity between what is happening now and what took place in 1964. The only difference is that now, the leading role is played by the political class, which is intimidated by the unfolding investigations of Operation Car Wash, and not the military.
Michel Temer, prosecutor of the State of São Paulo, went into retirement in 1996, at an age of 55 years. Since then, he has received R$ 9,300 every month. This means that since his retirement in 1997, the president has compiled more than two million Brazilian reals.”
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May 27th, 2016 - 05:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Britworker
I wonder where he has had that finger stuck
May 29th, 2016 - 12:36 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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