Tag: Odebrecht

Friday, April 20th 2018 - 09:27 UTC
Mexico bans government institutions from doing business with Odebrecht

Mexico has banned federal institutions and state governments from doing business with Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht for the next 2-1/2 years, and fined the company around US$ 60 million, the government said.
Friday, March 30th 2018 - 03:08 UTC
Odebrecht finds legal loophole to sue Argentine water supplier AySA

The Brazilian firm Odebrecht, under investigation in 12 countries for bribing government officials, has found a loophole in Argentina's legal system to sue state-owned water supplier AySA.
Tuesday, March 20th 2018 - 10:17 UTC
Peruvian president said removing him from office would amount to a coup détat

Peru's embattled President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski said on Monday he was confident of surviving an impeachment vote later this week. “I know that Thursday will be fine,” the conservative leader said in a speech in the Amazonian city of Iquitos.
Thursday, March 15th 2018 - 09:25 UTC
Key aide of Temer indicted on corruption charges for illegal funding from Odebrecht

A key aide of Brazil’s President Michel Temer has been indicted on charges of corruption and money-laundering. Senator Romero Juca, one of the major architects of the Temer administration’s reform agenda and an advocate for central bank independence, is being charged with soliciting illegal campaign funding of construction company Odebrecht in return for political favors.
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.
Friday, December 29th 2017 - 10:19 UTC
Kuczynski and Keiko Fujimori questioned by prosecutors on alleged Odebrecht payments

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski and one of his leading political rivals appeared on Thursday before prosecutors investigating payments to politicians by Brazilian construction company Odebrecht. Kuczynski and ex congresswoman Keiko Fujimori are being investigated by anti-corruption prosecutors in separate probes. Both have denied wrongdoing.
Friday, December 22nd 2017 - 09:49 UTC
Peruvian president manages to survive impeachment but emerges weaker

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski survived an impeachment vote in congress late Thursday, thwarting an attempt by opposition lawmakers to oust him over ties to the Brazilian construction giant implicated in the region's biggest corruption scandal.
Monday, December 18th 2017 - 06:41 UTC
Kuczynski appeals to an Odebrecht letter which says he was not in the “pay list”

Brazilian builder Odebrecht said on Saturday that its recently-disclosed business ties to embattled Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski were not part of the corrupt deals it struck with politicians that it has acknowledged to prosecutors.
Wednesday, December 6th 2017 - 21:31 UTC
Peruvian construction companies accused of colluding with Brazil's Odebrecht

Four former and current executives of Peruvian construction companies were detained pending trial, accused of colluding with Brazilian builder Odebrecht to bribe a former president.
Friday, July 17th 2015 - 04:48 UTC
Brazil's corruption scandals reach Lula da Silva: probe into influence peddling

Prosecutors in Brazil have announced a probe into possible influence peddling by former president Lula da Silva, involving the construction firm Odebrecht which is one of Latin America's largest engineering company. The investigation will center on Lula's alleged use of his clout after leaving office to help scandal-ridden construction giant Odebrecht land billion-dollar contracts in Latin America and Africa.