Tag: Odebrecht

• Tuesday, August 25th 2020 - 09:06 UTC

  Mexican president exposes “abusive ethane contract” that skimmed billions from consumers

  

  Mexico’s president said an “abusive” ethane supply deal he has pushed to cancel between a consortium backed by Brazilian firm Odebrecht and Mexican state oil firm Pemex had likely cost taxpayers around 15 billion pesos (US$ 683 million).

• Friday, August 21st 2020 - 09:06 UTC

  Major corruption scandal in Mexico targets two former presidents and construction giant Odebrecht

  

  A corruption scandal shaking Mexico's political elite intensified on Thursday as a leaked document containing a raft of allegations raised pressure on several former presidents and senior officials.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Opposition leader Keiko Fujimori released by Peru's Constitutional Court

  

  Peru's Constitutional Court on Monday ordered the release of opposition leader Keiko Fujimori, after more than a year of pre-trial detention. Fujimori, 44, has been held since October last year pending her trial in a corruption case linked to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.

• Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 17:48 UTC

  Ex Odebrecht corrupt VP found dead in Rio de Janeiro

  

  Former Odebrecht Vicepresident Henrique Valladares, one of the main informants in the megacorruption scandal which links the Brazilian building firm with bribes involving top tier officials from governments all over Latin America, has been found lifeless in his Rio de Janeiro flat, it was reported. The cause of death is yet to be determined.

• Saturday, September 14th 2019 - 22:03 UTC

  Peru's highest court halved detention of Keiko Fujimori: she should be out in April

  

  Peru's Supreme Court halved the pre-trial detention of Keiko Fujimori, paving the way for the opposition leader to leave jail in April of next year. Fujimori, 44, was ordered held for 36 months last October in a corruption case linked to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.

• Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Moro considered releasing Odebrecht's bribes confession in Venezuela to harm president Maduro

  

  Brazilian justice minister Sergio Moro considered releasing construction giant Odebrecht's confession to paying bribes in Venezuela to harm the country's president Nicolas Maduro, The Intercept investigative website reported on Sunday.

• Wednesday, June 19th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Sao Paulo court accepts Odebrecht recovery procedure; debts amount to US$ 22.3bn

  

  A court in Sao Paulo on Tuesday accepted a request by Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht to begin a corporate recovery procedure aimed at fending off bankruptcy at the scandal-tainted group.

• Wednesday, May 15th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  Ex Lima mayor jailed after admitting benefiting from the Odebrecht corruption network in Peru

  

  A Peruvian judge on Tuesday sentenced former Lima mayor Susana Villaran to 18 months' preventive detention for accepting illegal campaign funds from Brazilian construction firms Odebrecht and OAS. The Odebrecht bribery scandal, which has washed through Latin America, runs deep in Peru, where the country's last four presidents are accused of receiving illegal payoffs.

• Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Former Brazilian president Temer ordered to return to jail

  

  Former President Michel Temer was ordered to return to jail by a federal judge on Wednesday while he is investigated in several cases of alleged corruption. Temer’s lawyer, Eduardo Carnelos, told Globo Television that he could only “lament” the court’s decision. He said Temer would have to present himself to authorities Thursday.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2019 - 15:36 UTC

  Alan García dies after shooting himself before being arrested

  

  Perú’s former president, Alan García, died in a hospital on Wednesday at noon after shoting himself in the head when he was to be arrested by the police at his home in Lima.