Former president luis inacio lula da silva who was found guilty of corruption by two courts has a commanding lead in the polls he seems to be rolling the dice either prison or the presidency a supreme court decision will determine whether his sentence stands or whether he can continue his candidacy feel better think again if i stand in two thousand and eighteen i will win and prove that it is possible to liberate brazil from this situation for a bucket believe there is only one way to achieve this through. high incomes for the poor and more jobs. he s been able to face. carlos chahta the man who set the lava shot the scandal in motion does not believe that brazil s culture of corruption can be ended so easily before he was arrested and jailed had run his gas station as a money laundering operation that s all in the past he promises the days of such
Are missing football matches are a rare event the city seems to have washed its hands of the stadium. in front of the shuttered entrance marcio pele still hopes a tourist might stop by. its boss the football is finished it s totally corrupt no one loves sports any more just money. cash strapped rio has been left with huge debts much of rio s political and economic elite and its building contractors ruthlessly lined their own pockets. well the games they just brought more money to the system a rotten system already rotten by corruption and you only bring more field to the fire you bring more money to a rotten system it s residents call rio the sea dodging mud of the u.s. the marvelous city but today it is sinking into poverty rio s new poor survive on
Knew that brazil was riddled with corruption. knowing that a monster exists is one thing but looking enough money in the face is something else it was shocking use facets of what. investigators uncovered and insidious web of bribes and backroom agreements. at first the investigators were astonished at how deeply the country s political and business elite were implicated in the dealings. s.l. but also into it s the biggest anti corruption investigation in the history of brazil and the world we re talking about repayment obligations that s unprecedented or the bash the best cain cities repayments on the largest that have ever been in couldn t a corruption trial so in terms one of potus. the repayments and
The presidency a supreme court decision will determine whether his sentence stands or whether he can continue his candidacy i feel vote that afic and if i stand in two thousand and eighteen i will win and prove that it is possible to liberate brazil from the situation of i can t believe there is only one way to achieve this through high incomes for the poor and mold jobs. that it going to face. carlos chahta the man who set the law to shuttle scandal in motion does not believe that brazil s culture of corruption can be ended so easily before he was arrested and jailed had run his gas station as a money laundering operation that s all in the past he promises the days of such brazen corruption are over if i convey i view my mortgage flava jato through a harsh light on corruption not new forms of bribery will be found unfortunately
It s a political war. with an approval rating of less than five percent michel to man it is now regarded as the most unpopular president in the country s history in two thousand and seventeen brazil s prosecutor general accused of being the head of an enormous machinery of corruption the indictment was based on secret recordings of meetings with the president and on testimony of top executives seeking immunity from prosecution. as its links mean this is now far more than a corruption scandal it s a system wide crisis and brazil s and tire political system is infected. one solution could be if the political parties cleaned house but they show no signs of any willingness to do so and so again. instead the country s political elite is using every means at its disposal in its fight for survival instead a pact with