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• Thursday, July 5th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  Brazil Investigation into medical equipment fraud; top GE official arrested

  

  Brazilian police arrested a senior General Electric Co executive on Wednesday, as part of a sprawling investigation into fraud in medical equipment tenders overseen by health authorities in the state of Rio de Janeiro, police and prosecutors said.

• Wednesday, July 4th 2018 - 09:02 UTC

  Brazilian ex-billionaire sentenced to 30 years in prison for corruption

  

  A Brazilian businessman famous for amassing and then losing a multi-billion-dollar fortune has been convicted of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

• Monday, May 21st 2018 - 09:02 UTC

  Lula's political “handy man” Dirceu, starts 31-year prison sentence for corruption

  

  Jose Dirceu, former chief of staff under ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, surrendered last Friday to start a nearly 31-year prison sentence for corruption, officials said. Dirceu lost an appeal against his conviction for money laundering, corruption and membership of a criminal group, at a court in Porto Alegre on Thursday.

• Friday, May 11th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  Paraguay's president “soul brother” accused by Brazil of money laundering

  

  Paraguayan authorizes have issued an arrest warrant for a man President Horacio Cartes has described as his “soul brother” as part of a sweeping investigation into corruption in Latin America.

• Thursday, April 12th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

  Sixty Brazilian members of Congress added Lula to their names

  

  More than 60 Brazilian members of congress from the opposition Worker's Party have formally changed their names. They have added the name 'Lula', after Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was jailed last weekend.

• Saturday, March 3rd 2018 - 10:39 UTC

  Prosecution wants Temer included in Odebrecht payments investigation

  

  Prosecutor general, Raquel Dodge, requested Brazilian Supreme Court justice, Edson Fachin, to include president Michel Temer in the list of those under investigation in an inquiry launched last year to determine Odebrecht's alleged payments to the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) party in 2014.