the people they know their operation can succeed on its own. just a diet that i don t want to bore think it was me it s all depends on the next elections people must vote for candidates who a not corrupt themselves and be committed to the fight against corruption so much this difficult to goes. down we ll see the changes we need to function as a nation system because they can last because it was hopeless he starts on the prosecutors on the lava shot a task force see the remarkable success of their investigation as the first important step toward a more honest and better brazil and went about doing it up but they no political reforms are urgently necessary especially in combat in the corporate slush funds used to finance election campaigns at present though this seems unlikely. 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
calos gave us a tour of the city it s abandoned a business district. empty luxury apartments shuttered at high tech traffic lights above nearly empty streets. but i was out by about my troubles began with the lava jato investigations the judges forced petro brass to stop all construction work this is it of his that s when the layoffs began the crisis then took hold of the entire city but what i. what on twenty zero carlos doesn t mention is that this coincided with the steep drop in the price of crude oil and with it the fortunes of petro bras began to run dry for the operation carwash task force that was of little concern petro process was brought to its knees over three years the oil conglomerate posted losses in the billions of dollars. brazil s future is under threat widespread
that rages sustainability network says for all intents and purposes the city is in a state of war as a congressional delegate malone lives in brasilia but he s a native of rio he says the brazilian government has not done enough to stem the violence will be able to put the government would rather use state funds to buy off congressional deputies in order to keep president from being put on trial the supreme to benefit they do that with the money instead of protecting people s lives cannot put this on that fear that this decision. an hour s drive from rio lies another lost dream. compares is one of the single largest investment projects in brazil s history the petrochemical complex commissioned by the pats robust spoil conglomerate listen never completed like so many other of band and projects it s a symbol of the rise and steep fall of brazil s economic fortunes.
demick in brazil. and why was corruption tacitly accepted and regarded as normal for so long. it s our colonial heritage this was a country where exploitation was the norm it was always has always been like that a pact between economic elite and the political elite these only garcon facts this was always the norm so it s perhaps lava shot is the first time that we have a shake a big shake on this oligarchic back. centuries of back room deals among brazil s elites gave rise to a political culture in which self enriching corruption was the norm. to see inzy he elected officials in brazil don t primarily regard themselves as representatives of the people of the people s interests as focus often although not
a parliamentary majority in the national congress is keeping michele to med in office. in momentum take the at the moment the coalition is supporting him partly because many of the deputies are sitting in the same boat maybe they re hoping this will allow them to survive unscathed till the end of the legislative period in late two thousand and eighteen to quote. the president is fortunate that brazil s constitution provides him with special protection a two thirds majority vote in the chamber of deputies is required for to mayor to stand trial while in office to mayors opponents have fallen well short of this majority party everything. was going to. investigators have meanwhile seized boxes of cash following a trail that leads all the way to close associates of the president but the impasse remains some of to mayor s political associates have even been caught with