A country in freefall its people impoverished. brazil s young democracy is floundering. half of the congress is being investigated by law by job and on the auto a corruption scandals a culture of graft and corruption has taken hold extending all the way into the highest ranks of government. many brazilians have taken to the streets calling down with ten that. i will not step down. now they have no shot a small team of courageous prosecutors has taken up the fight against corruption for ordinary brazilians they are the new heroes of democracy. the biggest anti corruption investigation in the history of brazil and the word of my. as i thought it was. the investigation has been dubbed lava shot to operation
That made i thought he would step down but he refused our country is going crazy it s a political war. with an approval rating of less than five percent michelle to matter 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 this length 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
Is the elected officials in brazil don t primarily regard themselves as representatives of the people of the people s interests as focus often although not always the primary motivation for going into politics and standing for election is the quest for privilege and of course for wealth for financial benefits what. however the corruption unearthed in the law to shuttle scandal was unprecedented even for brazil it worked like a well oiled machine. first and foremost the network of corruption served to keep the ruling parties in power they used the slush funds to finance their election campaigns in exchange political operatives were given executive posts with public companies like the oil company petro but us these executives then saw to it that inflated contracts were awarded to