Tag: Antonio Palocci

Monday, January 21st 2019 - 09:17 UTC
Former minister and advisor confirms payments of bribes in hand to Lula da Silva

Antonio Palocci, who was minister during the governments of Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff, affirmed that he gave the former president, in “several opportunities”, cash proceeds of bribes from the construction companies Odebrecht and Andrade Gutierrez, according to the Globo Group.
Saturday, November 24th 2018 - 09:05 UTC
Lula, Dilma and several ministers formally accused of receiving corruption money

Brazil has opened criminal proceedings against former leaders Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff for allegedly receiving bribes with money diverted from state-owned oil giant Petrobras. The Workers Party (PT) of the two ex-presidents has strongly denied the charges, calling them a “scandalous maneuver” with partisan motives.
Thursday, October 4th 2018 - 08:51 UTC
Ex minister involves Lula directly in corruption practices to ensure funding for Rousseff's campaign

A judge released fresh testimony this week alleging corrupt practices involving members of Brazil’s leftist Workers Party (PT), whose candidate Fernando Haddad faces far-right lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro in Sunday's presidential election.
Tuesday, May 1st 2018 - 07:09 UTC
Lula da Silva and PT chief Hoffmann hit with fresh corruption charges

Imprisoned former Brazilian President Lula da Silva, along with the current leader of the Workers Party he founded, was hit on Monday with fresh corruption charges by federal prosecutors.
Friday, April 27th 2018 - 12:06 UTC
Bad news for Lula: imprisoned ex close advisor strikes deal with investigators

Former Brazilian Finance Minister Antonio Palocci has struck a plea deal with federal investigators, according to news advance from the Rio based O'Globo on Thursday, raising the stakes in a corruption scandal engulfing high-ranking politicians and prominent businessmen.
Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 05:04 UTC
Ex minister Palocci 's KO jab to Lula and Rousseff's defense

Former Minister, Antonio Palocci, has sent a letter to the president of the Brazilian Workers' Party (PT), senator Gleisi Hoffmann (PR), requesting to step down from the party founded in the eighties by ex president Lula da Silva.
Friday, September 8th 2017 - 09:09 UTC
End of the line: ex minister and confident claims Lula da Silva accepted US$ 100 million from Odebrecht

A former finance minister and close confidant of Brazil’s Lula da Silva accused the ex-president of receiving bribes from contractor Odebrecht, adding to a list of corruption accusations that threaten Lula’s ability to run for president in 2018.
Tuesday, September 27th 2016 - 10:56 UTC
Palocci, the brainchild behind the successful years of ex president Lula da Silva

A medical doctor by training, Antonio Palocci was Brazilian former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's finance minister and a key player in the 2002 election campaign that put the union and PT (Workers Party) leader in the presidential seat.
Tuesday, September 27th 2016 - 10:48 UTC
Liaison man between Lula and Rousseff's presidencies, and corruption scheme arrested

Brazilian presidents Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff former Presidential Chief of Staff and Finance Minister Antonio Palocci was temporarily arrested on Monday morning in São Paulo as part of the 35th phase of the Lava Jato (Car Wash) Operation investigating the Petrobras corruption scandal.
Monday, May 30th 2016 - 09:25 UTC
Lula regrets having elected Dilma as his successor, according to taped conversation

Ex Brazilian president Lula da Silva regrets having handpicked suspended president Dilma Rousseff as his political heiress, according to a taped conversation leaked to the media. In the audio between former president Jose Sarney and Sergio Machado, a former head of Transpetro, a state-run natural gas company, who is believed to have entered a plea bargain with the prosecution, the two men comment on Lula's confession.