The war he s doing he s very quiet he doesn t give interviews. in july twenty seventh teen former president lula da silva was found guilty of corruption. a court of appeals upheld the conviction and increased his sentence from nine to twelve years. lula remains free for now pending a possible appeal to brazil s highest court and the outside chance that his verdict will be overturned. will see only it s a sign that there is justice in brazil and that no one not even an ex-president is above the law anyways thanks to. the conviction notwithstanding lula remains the country s most popular politician under his tenure from two thousand and three to two thousand and twelve brazil enjoyed years in which the price of petroleum and other raw materials hit record highs during those years brazil became
Understand nothing is going to be pollute. has effectively joined ranks with the campaign being waged against operation carwash by much of the political elite that stands accused of corruption. their main target is federal judge center joe moto who they claim is politically motivated and exceeding his judicial authority. most of lula supporters agree with the former president. transparency international disagrees it is untrue i think judge moore is a brave judge i think he s doing the right thing is leading his work according to the law and he is going to be criticised by doughs that are being investigated and and prosecuted of course but if you take his decisions most of his decisions are being confirmed by the. courts. e.c.
Strategies to survive crowds of people wait patiently at distribution centers for emergency supplies of food and toiletries many here agree corruption is a big part of the reason why rio is struggling today which will be awful my governor is in prison as a result of numerous charges resulting from the lava jato operation and other investigations of course we see a direct link between that and what s happening here today i thought it out that. since the olympic games crime of violence has soared clashes between the police. s. and drug gangs have escalated many police vehicles are unusable. the military deployed thousands of troops to rio de janeiro to help combat organized crime but that s done little to help. alessandro malone from
This saying no instead much of the population no longer accepts this or obama this faffed this corruption in politics. as anti-government demonstrations grew increasingly vehement president michelle to man deployed troops in brasilia to defend government buildings against protests the move rekindled memories of brazil s military dictatorship which ended in one nine hundred eighty five new revelations in the corruption scandal emerged on an almost daily basis. along with the hundreds of deputies under investigation the scandal has also implicated a majority of senators eight cabinet ministers and the president himself now and i shall not step down i repeat i shall not sit down. that way and i thought he would step down but he refused our country is going crazy
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. most 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 it s 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 or you bring more money to a rotten system it s residents called rio the sea dodgin much of the us the marvelous city but today it is sinking into poverty rio s new poor survive on the