Tag: Joao Vaccari

• 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.