Tag: Octavio Marquez Acevedo

• Friday, November 11th 2016 - 08:48 UTC

  Brazilian president accused of having received US$ 300.000 for political campaign funding

  

  Brazilian President Michel Temer has been accused of taking a large bribe by a former political ally. Lawyers for former President Dilma Rousseff, who was removed from office in May, filed court documents which they say prove the claim.

• Saturday, June 20th 2015 - 08:23 UTC

  Brazil's top two construction tycoons arrested in connection to Petrobras case

  

  Brazilian police arrested on Friday Marcelo Odebrecht, the head of Latin America's largest engineering and construction company Odebrecht SA, ensnaring the most high-profile executive to date in the corruption investigation at state-run oil firm Petrobras.