[ENGLISH VERSION]
After Sunday's protest movements try to strengthen
political support, also the outraged people’s leaders plan actions to pressure
the Federal Audit Court (TCU) and attempt to engage the Low Class.
MARIANA BARROS
MARIANA BARROS
After the third protest against government in five
months have taken the streets more than 790,000 people in over 150 Brazilian
cities, according to calculations of the Military Police, protesters ask a
question: and they now need to take the next step? If it
depends on the leaders of the main organizers of the demonstrations groups, the
next battle theater is not the asphalt of the avenues – the office’s carpet is
also in prospect.
Lower people than March, but still higher than the
April the August protests served to tune the speech of the organizers and
mature new action plans. While they know they can not disappear from the
streets, they now prepare to concentrate forces on two fronts.
The first is the Congress. Efforts will be there in
order to pave the way for a request for impeachment. Protesters already have
approached the opposition politicians, both those who defend the fall of
President Rousseff, as Ronaldo Caiado (Democratic Party DEM-GO) and Paulinho da
Força (Solidarity Party - SD-SP) as those a bit more cautious than they. That’s
the case of Senator Aécio Neves (The Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB-MG).
For the first time, the three politicians were aligned in the protests last
Sunday - the toucan reached the top address of a sound truck with the Brazilian
Constitution in hand. The next goal of the leaders is to approaching the PMDB
wings that is against to Workers Party (PT).
The second target of the protesters is the Federal Court
of Audit (TCU). They want to press that body so that the results of the
government’s accounts of voting preserve the rejection already decided by the
technical area.
But the streets will not be abandoned. The next great
act, must take place near the day of the Proclamation of Brazilian Independence,
on September 7, 2015. The goal now is to enhance the demonstrations with
representatives of the Low Class, the sectors hardest hit by the economic
crisis. The evaluation of the leaders of the demonstrations is that although
dissatisfied with the political and economic situation of the country, this
monitoring can engage further in the protests.
While the groups opposed to the government,
they think about how to keep the crowds in the streets, the government
supporters strive to ensure the presence of them there.
On Thursday, convened by Workers Party (PT) -
stimulated by wide distribution of bologna sandwiches and free transportation
on charter buses - 162,000 people took part in acts of support for
supporting the government. If make an evaluation about the Rousseff’s
opposition related to support groups up to that point the score gave 5 to 1. If
the people who take the streets on Sunday barely get this score to Congress,
the president will face a real problem ahead.
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Depois do protesto de domingo, movimentos tentam reforçar
apoios políticos, planejam ações para pressionar o TCU e partem em busca da
classe C
MARIANA
BARROS
Depois de o terceiro protesto antigoverno em cinco meses ter
levado ás ruas 790.000 pessoas em mais de 150 cidades brasileiras, segundo
cálculos da Polícia Militar, os manifestantes se fazem uma pergunta: e agora,
qual o próximo passo? Se depender dos lideres dos principais grupos
organizadores das manifestações, o próximo teatro de batalha não será o asfalto
das avenidas – o carpete dos gabinetes também está no horizonte.
Menores que os de março, mas ainda assim maiores que os de
abril, os protestos de agosto serviram para afinar o discurso dos organizadores
e amadurecer novos planos de ação. Ao mesmo tempo em que sabem que não podem
sumir das ruas, eles agora se preparam para centrar forças em duas frentes.
A primeira é o Congresso. Os esforços serão no sentido de
pavimentar lá o caminho para um pedido de impeachment. Os manifestantes já tem
se aproximado dos políticos de oposição, tanto os que defendem a queda da
presidente Dilma Rousseff, como Ronaldo Caiado (DEM-GO) e Paulinho da Força
(SD-SP), como aqueles um pouco mais cautelosos que eles, caso do Senador Aécio
Neves (PSDB-MG). Pela primeira vez, os três políticos foram aos protestos do
domingo passado – o tucano chegou a discursar do alto de um carro de som com
Constituição na mão. O objetivo seguinte dos lideres é aproximar-se de setores
do PMDB que fazem oposição à petista.
O segundo alvo da mira dos manifestantes é o Tribunal de
Contas da União (TCU). Eles querem pressionar o órgão para que o resultado da
votação das contas do governo preserve a rejeição já decidida pela área
técnica.
Mas a rua não será abandonada. O próximo grande ato, deve
ocorrer perto do dia da Proclamação da Independência, 7 de setembro. O objetivo
agora é engordar as manifestações com os representantes da chamada classe C, os
mais atingidos pela crise econômica. A avaliação das lideranças das
manifestações é que, embora insatisfeito com a situação política e econômica do
país, esse seguimento pode se engajar ainda mais nos protestos.
Enquanto os grupos contrários ao governo pensam em como
manter as multidões nas ruas, os apoiadores suam para marcar presença nelas. Na
última quinta-feira, convocadas pelo PT – estimuladas por ampla distribuição de
sanduíches de mortadela, além de transporte gratuito em ônibus fretados -, 162.000 pessoas participaram de
atos de apoio ao governo com o grupo anti-Dilma, deu 5 a 1. Se a turma que foi
a rua no domingo conseguir levar este placar até o Congresso, a presidente terá
um grande problema pela frente.
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SUMMARY
01. Brazil builder accused in
Petrobras scandal signs leniency deal (Published August 19, 2015)
02.
Brazil Builders Said to Seek Leniency Deal in
Petrobras Case ( Christiana SciaudoneAnna Edgerton Jessica Brice
March 19, 2015 —
12:00 AM BRTUpdated on March 19,
2015 — 11:27 AM
BRT)
03. Protests Across Brazil
Raise Pressure on President Dilma Rousseff (By SIMON
ROMEROAUG.
16, 2015)
04. Brazil protesters keep pressure
on President Rousseff (SAO PAULO | BY BRAD HAYNES)
05. Big protests in Brazil
demand President Rousseff's impeachment
(6 March 2015 From the section Latin America & Caribbean )
06. Brazilian protesters call for President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment (4 hours ago - From the section US & Canada )
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08. Brasil tem dia de protestos
antigoverno
09. Da avenida Paulista a Miami, os protestos antigoverno em 12 frases
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Brazil protests aim to oust
embattled President Rousseff
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Brazil Attorney General Seeks Probes of Politicians in Petrobras
Corruption Case (Rodrigo Janot asks Supreme Court for 28 probes
involving 54 people)
12.
Camargo Corrêa vai devolver
mais de R$ 800 milhões aos cofres públicos (Construtora fechou acordo na Lava
Jato para devolver R$ 700 milhões.
Na quarta (19) acertou com Cade pagamento de multa de R$ 104 milhões. )
Na quarta (19) acertou com Cade pagamento de multa de R$ 104 milhões. )
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Brazil
builder accused in Petrobras scandal signs leniency deal
Published August 19, 2015
Camargo Correa Construcões e Participacões, one of
Brazil's largest construction companies, has admitted its role in a massive
scheme to overcharge state-controlled oil company Petrobras and agreed to
cooperate in the investigation as part of a leniency deal, anti-trust agency
Cade said Wednesday.
In exchange for assurances that an administrative
probe will be dropped, as well as other benefits, Camargo Correa agreed to pay
a 104-million-reais ($29.7-million) fine, the biggest agreed with Cade thus far
by a company accused of colluding to inflate the cost of Petrobras contracts.
In a statement, Camargo Correa said it will
cooperate in the investigation, provide documents that incriminate other
companies and offer information about how the bid-rigging cartel operated.
Two other builders accused of skimming money from
Petrobras, Setal Engenharia and SOG Oleo e Gas, signed leniency deals with the
anti-trust agency in March.
The companies that have admitted guilt say Brazil's
largest construction and engineering firms - Andrade Gutierrez, Odebrecht,
Queiroz Galvão and UTC Engenharia - also formed part of the cartel.
The wide-ranging scandal involves allegations that
Petrobras suppliers overcharged the oil giant for contracts, splitting the
extra money with corrupt Petrobras officials while setting aside some of the
loot to pay off politicians who provided cover for the graft.
Petrobras, which earlier this year announced plans
to slash its investment budget and divest assets, in April wrote off nearly $2
billion in losses stemming from inflated contracts and other costs related to
the corruption scheme, which ran from 2004 to 2012.
Dozens of business executives and politicians, many
of them from the governing coalition, have been implicated in the graft
scandal.
Those executives include Camargo Correa's former
CEO, Dalton dos Santos Avancini; the company's ex-vice president, Eduardo
Hermelio Leite; and its erstwhile chairman, João Ricardo Auler, who were
convicted last month on charges of bribery, money laundering and submitting
fraudulent bids for contracts from Petrobras.
Avancini and Leite each received a sentence of 15
years and 10 months of house arrest as part of a plea deal.
Auler, who did not agree to a plea deal with
prosecutors, was sentenced to nine years and six months in prison. EFE
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Cash-strapped Brazilian builders, accused of paying kickbacks to win public
contracts, are in talks to reach leniency deals to regain access to credit
markets, people with knowledge of the matter said.
Engevix
Engenharia SA, which federal police say took part in a cartel to inflate
contracts with state-run Petroleo Brasileiro SA, and the Comptroller-General’s
office are negotiating the agreement that requires an admission of wrongdoing
and repayment in full of damages that resulted, said two people who asked not
to be identified because the discussions are private. Builder Galvao Engenharia
SA is also among companies seeking an accord on those terms, which is the first
step toward allowing public banks to resume lending to the companies, a third
person said.
Locked
out of credit markets and banned from bidding on new contracts with Petrobras,
some of the handful of builders responsible for most infrastructure work in
Brazil are running low on cash to keep capital-intensive construction projects
going, ratings agencies have said. Galvao Engenharia already halted an
expansion of a road used to transport soybeans and fired some workers because
it couldn’t get funding, one of the people said.
Engevix
declined to comment. A Galvao press official declined to comment on whether
talks are taking place and said the company is cooperating with the
investigation.
OAS SA,
another builder accused by federal police in the scandal, said in January it
defaulted on some debt to preserve cash, and Engevix is exploring the sale of
its interest in airport concessions, people familiar with the matter said
earlier this month. OAS declined to comment by e-mail.
‘Serious
Problem’
“It’s a
serious problem -- without these accords some of these companies will have to
restructure,” Chris Garman, head of Latin America at political risk consultant
Eurasia, said Tuesday in an interview at Bloomberg’s office in Sao Paulo.
“Of
course, other companies could enter the sector which was closed because of the
cartel, but until that happens, there will be damage to the economy, paralyzed
projects and job cuts,” he said. “It’s a race against time.”
Builders
accused in the scandal hold contracts for infrastructure work across Brazil,
from the massive Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the Amazon to some projects
for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, according to public records.
As the
scandal spreads, economists have cut their GDP forecasts 11 weeks in a row and
now expect the economy to contract 0.78 percent this year, according to a
central bank survey published March 16 in Brasilia. The real fell to a 12-year
low Thursday, declining for the first time in four days, to 3.2555 per dollar
at 9:46 a.m. in Sao Paulo.
Requirements
The
leniency accords as outlined by the Comptroller-General require companies to
admit to wrongdoing, Brazilian Attorney General Luis Inacio Adams said in a
Feb. 12 interview with Bloomberg News. The agreements also require a company to
cooperate with the investigation, repay some money, and take steps to ensure
such violations don’t recur, he said. The Comptroller-General’s Office didn’t
respond to phone calls and an e-mail seeking comment for this story.
While a
new anti-corruption law grants the Comptroller-General the right to negotiate
such deals, prosecutors in charge of the criminal investigation into the
kickback scheme are challenging the agency’s authority in the matter. The
federal court that oversees government spending -- known as the TCU -- has said
it must also sign off on any deal.
With
institutional bickering over who has responsibility for signing leniency
agreements, it’s hard for companies to know how to start the process, according
to Rafael Cortez, a political analyst with Tendencias Consultoria. Juridical
uncertainty and macroeconomic challenges threaten to bring investment in Brazil
to a halt, he said.
“It’s a
terrible combination that comes right as Brazil’s economy needs to move toward
making more strategic investments,” Cortez said by phone from Sao Paulo. “A bad
scenario for these companies could create a more problematic situation for the
financial system.”
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RIO DE JANEIRO — Tens of thousands of
protesters returned to the streets of cities acrossBrazil on Sunday to express their ire against
President Dilma Rousseff, reflecting a low ebb for her as she
grapples with a colossal bribery scandal and a declining economy.
Still, the protests in some cities seemed to
lack some of the urgency of huge demonstrations this year calling for the
ouster of Ms. Rousseff, a leftist who won re-election just 10 months ago,
suggesting tension may be easing somewhat on the president as congressional and
business leaders try to prevent a political crisis from intensifying.
The protest in Rio de Janeiro had something
of a Carnivalesque feel to it; some demonstrators wore bathing suits as they
marched through the Copacabana district as trucks blared samba. But vitriol
also marked the event, with some urging the president to kill herself or
calling on the military to take power.
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“A military intervention may be illegal, but
the people have to mobilize to make it legal,” said Rosangela Almeida, 53, an
accountant, arguing that action must be taken to prevent Brazil from suffering
the economic disarray of neighboring Venezuela. Decades of dictatorship in
Brazil left a legacy of hyperinflation and human rights abuses, and political
analysts consider the chances of the armed forces returning to power through a
coup to be negligible. Still, rising polarization is feeding fears that
political infighting could prolong an economic slump.
Photo
Demonstrators in Rio de
Janeiro on Sunday. CreditRicardo Moraes/Reuters
Eying the potential for upheaval if Ms.
Rousseff is forced to step down, business leaders have been pressuring
political leaders to prevent the crisis from worsening. In a notable move, the
newspaper O Globo said in an editorial that maneuvering against Ms. Rousseff in
Congress had gone too far.
The head of the Senate, Renan Calheiros,
expressed opposition last week to impeaching Ms. Rousseff, while seeking to
advance measures to restore confidence in the economy. The possibility that Ms.
Rousseff could draw greater support in the Senate bolstered hopes that she
could fend off momentum for her impeachment in the lower house.
Still, some observers warn that the political
crisis remains in flux. Prosecutors are expected to make more revelations in
the bribery scandal involving Petrobras, the government-controlled oil company.
The economy is expected to shrink both this year and next. And Ms. Rousseff’s
approval ratings remain mired in the single digits.
“Conciliation is advancing, but it’s still
based on a precarious equilibrium,” said Bernardo Mello Franco, a columnist for
the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo.
Ms. Rousseff insists she will not resign,
even as her opponents hold her responsible for the scandal at Petrobras because
the bribery scheme flourished while she was chairwoman of the company’s board,
before her election in 2010. She also faces legal challenges over whether her
campaign received illicit contributions and if her government improperly used
money from state banks to cover budget shortfalls.
“There is a process of intolerance in Brazil
unseen except in moments of the past when democracy was ruptured,” Ms. Rousseff
said last week in a televised interview. “The culture of the coup still exists,
but I don’t think the conditions are there for it to occur.”
Many protesters throughout Brazil on Sunday
said they were prepared to deal with the consequences of ousting her.
“Impeachment would be momentarily destabilizing, but it’s allowed in the
Constitution, and it needs to happen,” said Pedro Lopes Siqueira, 35, a public
servant in Rio de Janeiro’s judiciary.
Others, however, are not so sanguine. Cássia
Regina Dias, 42, who earns a living making sweets, said she wanted Ms. Rousseff
removed from power, but expressed dismay about the jockeying for power as the
president’s influence declines. “No party will be the savior after such
damage,” Ms. Dias said.
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Brazil protesters keep pressure on President Rousseff
SAO PAULO | BY BRAD HAYNES
Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators returned to
the streets in dozens of Brazilian cities on Sunday to call for the impeachment
of President Dilma Rousseff, blaming her for a vast corruption scandal and the
economy's worst slump in a quarter century.
Less than a year into her tumultuous second term,
the left-wing president's approval rating has dwindled to single digits and
polls show that two in three Brazilians support calls for her impeachment.
In the third wave of demonstrations against
Rousseff this year, protesters convened by social media across Latin America's
largest country created a festive family atmosphere and chanted "Out with
Dilma!"
About 135,000 people swarmed Sao Paulo's financial
district, according to pollster Datafolha, and 25,000 assembled in front of
Congress in Brasilia, according to police. Both numbers were roughly in line
with similar protests in April but more modest than turnout in March.
A government spokesman said in a statement that the
demonstrations were a "normal part of democracy."
There is widespread support for the protest
movement as rising unemployment and inflation presage the worst economic
downturn since at least 1990. Government austerity efforts meant to keep
Brazil's investment-grade credit rating have turned off even Rousseff's
supporters and met resistance from lawmakers.
"We hear all about budget cuts, but so far
it's only hurting people like me," said Francisco Mosack, a retired
metalworker from the humble Sao Paulo neighborhood of Capao Redondo, who
complained that his electric bill had nearly doubled in a year.
"I'm coming out to show my indignation ... But
I don't trust those lawmakers either. It's hard to see how things are going to
get better," said Mosack, 65, wearing the canary yellow jersey of Brazil's
national soccer team as he joined a sea of green and yellow along Sao Paulo's
Avenida Paulista.
With the political opposition divided and Congress
in disarray, protesters had few proposals to rally around except for the
removal of Rousseff. If she were impeached, as many demanded, the next in line
would be Vice-President Michel Temer, who is from another party, but
coordinates her legislative agenda.
A 17-month-old bribery and money-laundering
investigation is rattling the government and state-run companies at the heart
of the Brazilian economy but has revealed no evidence against the president.
Rousseff's critics in Congress have seized on
claims that she doctored public accounts last year to open the door to
impeachment, but an audit court this week gave her more time to respond to the
allegations.
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A Datafolha survey this month showed impeachment
has the most support among the poorest and least educated Brazilians, who
overwhelmingly backed Rousseff in her narrow re-election victory last October.
"Everyone is fed up, but they don't know what
to do about it," said Renato Meirelles, head of research firm Data
Popular, which surveys Brazil's middle and lower classes.
Sensing weakness, congressional leaders have
sabotaged much of the president's economic agenda. The leader of the lower
house of Congress, who is responsible for moving ahead with an impeachment
vote, broke entirely with her government last month.
The president had measured success this week
consolidating support among restive Senate leaders for a pro-business agenda.
But their backing remains fragile.
Further muddying the waters, a bribery and
money-laundering investigation that started with state-run oil company
Petrobras has spilled into the political realm as the prosecutor-general
readies charges against sitting politicians.
Brazil's biggest-ever corruption scandal already
landed several of the country's most prominent executives in jail, and plea
deals have implicated congressional leaders and senior members of Rousseff's
government.
No evidence has emerged incriminating Rousseff, but
many protesters consider her responsible for wrongdoing at Petrobras, where she
was chairwoman from 2003 to 2010.
After police arrested the treasurer of the ruling
Workers' Party in April and another senior party member this month, several
demonstrators suggested Rousseff's predecessor and political mentor Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva would be next.
Both Rousseff and Lula have vehemently denied any
role in the alleged graft.
At the protest in Brasilia, demonstrators inflated
an enormous caricature of the former president, once one of the world's most
popular politicians, in black and white prison garb with a ball and chain
around his ankle.
(Additional reporting by Anthony Boadle and
Luciana Otoni in Brasilia; Asher Levine, Roberto Samora and Eduardo Simões in
Sao Paulo; Editing by Mary Milliken)
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Big
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- 16 March 2015
- From the section Latin America & Caribbean
Hundreds of thousands of
Brazilians have joined demonstrations against President Dilma Rousseff, with
many asking for her impeachment.
The protesters say the
president must have known about a corruption scandal in the state oil firm,
Petrobras.
The political opposition
say much of the alleged bribery took place when she was head of the company.
But Ms Rousseff has been
exonerated in an investigation by the attorney general and denies involvement.
Most of the politicians
accused of taking bribes in a kickback scheme come from the governing
coalition.
After the protests, the
government promised a series of measures to combat corruption and impunity.
Justice Minister Jose
Eduardo Cardozo said the government saw the rallies as an "expression of
democracy".
'Virtues,
values, dreams'
Protests have taken place
across 22 Brazilian states and the federal capital, Brasilia.
The largest demonstration
went ahead in Sao Paulo, a major opposition stronghold.
The estimates of how many
people attended the march varied widely.
Brazilian data analysts
Datafolha say almost 200,000 people marched on Avenida Paulista on Sunday
evening.
But police estimated the
number of participants at one million, based on aerial photographs of the area.
Many of the protesters
waved Brazilian flags and wore the yellow shirts of the national football team.
They shouted slogans
against corruption and the Workers' Party government.
Opposition parties have
backed Sunday's protests but have not openly called for impeachment of the
president, says the BBC's Gary Duffy in Sao Paulo.
Senator Aecio Neves, who
was defeated by a narrow margin in October's presidential vote, issued a
statement praising the protests.
He said Brazilians
"went to the streets to reunite with their virtues, their values and also
with their dreams".
'Coup
attempt'
In Brasilia a crowd of
40,000 demonstrated outside the Congress building.
In Rio de Janeiro, where Ms
Rousseff won 55% of the vote in the October presidential election, police said
around 25,000 people had joined a protest there.
"There's no point in
complaining only on social media, we have to be here and show that we are
really fed up," businesswoman Daniela Mello told AP news agency in Rio.
Friday saw supporters of
President Rousseff out in force, with tens of thousands taking to the streets.
Her supporters say calls
for an impeachment, less than five months after she was elected to a second
four-year term, amount to a coup attempt.
The Workers' Party has been
in power since President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in for his first
term in January 2003.
Earlier this month, the
Supreme Court approved the investigation of 54 people for their alleged
involvement in the kickback scheme.
The list was prepared by
Attorney General Rodrigo Janot who alleged that private companies paid corrupt
officials in order to get lucrative Petrobras contracts.
According to the
investigation, high-profile politicians also took a share of the money siphoned
off from the oil company.
Mr Junot's list includes
Senate President Renan Calheiros, President of the Chamber of Deputies Eduardo
Cunha, former Energy Minister Edison Lobao and former President Fernando Collor
de Mello.
All deny corruption
allegations.
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Brazilian protesters call for President Dilma Rousseff's impeachment
- 4 hours ago
- From the section US & Canada
Thousands gathered at the famous
Copacabana beach in Rio calling for the president to step down
Support for Ms Rousseff has fallen to single-digit
figures in recent polls.
Many voters have accused her of failing to stamp out
corruption and blame her for the economy's worst slump in 25 years.
Marchers took over Copacabana beach in Rio and also
demonstrated outside congress in the capital Brasilia.
Many wore the yellow shirts of the Brazilian football
team, and sang the national anthem, carrying banners saying "Dilma
Out".
Police said about 137,000 people took part, but tens
of the thousands of others were also involved in a demonstration in Sao Paulo.
Witnesses
in Rio described a carnival atmosphere
The national day of action is the third major protest
against Ms Rousseff and her left-wing Workers' Part this year. Hundreds of
thousands took part in demonstrations in March and April.
"We want things to change and if the people don't
go in the street that's impossible," said retired engineer Elino Alves de
Moraes, who joined the march in Brasilia.
Ms Rousseff is less than a year into her second term
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Update: The Legal Steps Involved in the "Big Oil" Case
Brazil's
Supreme Court (Image: Flickr user Bruno Coutinho).
March 10, 2015
Last week, Brazil’s largest corruption scandal took a new turn,
involving dozens of current and former politicians. On March 6, the country’s
Supreme Court gave the green light to investigate 54 people for their ties to a
bribery scheme involving Petrobras, the state-run oil company. Those under investigation include a former
president, the Senate president, and the Chamber of Deputies speaker. So
are Antonio Palocci—the president’s 2010 campaign manager and former chief of
staff—and Senator Antonio Anastasia, one of Aécio Neves’ 2014 presidential campaign managers. Most
of the elected officials named form part of President Dilma Rousseff’s
governing coalition.
Understand the case and what’s next in the legal process.
Operation Car Wash and the Big Oil Case
The March 6 announcement came about a year after the petrolão
(“big oil”) scandal broke, when police arrested former Petrobras director
Paulo Roberto Costa. He revealed that construction companies paid large bribes
to Petrobras in exchange for contracts.
During the so-called “Operation Car Wash” investigation, police found
suspicious payments worth up to $3.7 billion, making the corruption scheme the
largest in Brazil and at least six times bigger than the mensalão (“big
allowance”) scandal, according to O Globo.
So far, Operation Car Wash led to indictments of 40 people—including two former
Petrobras senior managers and nearly two dozen executives from top construction
companies—on charges ranging from racketeering to money laundering.
The Supreme Court’s Role
Those named last week form part of “Janot’s list,” named for the
Attorney General Rodrigo Janot. The current federal legislators on the list have privileged jurisdiction, meaning
they can only be tried in the country’s highest court, the Supreme Federal
Tribunal (STF).
Due to this constitutional rule, the STF will now decide whether to put
those under investigation on trial. The attorney general may also give a second list to the Superior Court of
Justice in order to try governors involved in the case in that court.
The process is unlikely to be quick. The mensalão,
previously the largest political corruption case, took seven years to go to trial. One
reason for this relates to the STF’s caseload and crowded docket. Last year,
the court made rulings on over 14,000 cases. (By
contrast, the U.S. Supreme Court typically makes ruling on less than 200 cases in a given yearly term.) Given
the huge caseload, the court decides not only on major cases, but also ones
like the case of a stolen flip-flop and another involving a chicken robbery.
Also, Rousseff has yet to nominate a new Supreme Court judge after Chief Justice Joaquim Barbosa retired in July. As a result,
lawyers complain that the court is unable to reach quorum, delaying decisions
and further backing up the docket. It’s a critical decision, since the new justice will take on the petrolão case.
Next Steps in the Investigation
Now that the STF agreed to the investigation, Janot must put together evidence, which
can include new testimony, phone taps, and document collection, among other
measures, all of which require authorization from the Supreme Court. After
that, the attorney general can present a formal charge against the accused. The
court would then give lawyers 15 days to submit a preliminary defense. Only
then will the court decide whether or not to begin a trial.
Once a trial ends, defense lawyers can still appeal. There’s no legal set
time limit for how long the appeals process lasts. For example, because of appeals, the mensalão trial
lasted a year and a half with justices meeting for 69 sessions.
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Brasil tem dia de protestos
antigoverno
Notícias ao vivo
Atualizado pela última vez 16 agosto 2015
11:33
A maioria das capitais brasileiras e diversas
cidades do interior - bem como algumas do exterior - foram palco de protestos
antigoverno neste domingo.
A tônica central foi a defesa do impeachment da
presidente Dilma Rousseff, ainda que alguns grupos tenham saído às ruas com
gritos pró-intervenção militar.
No total, centenas de milhares de pessoas saíram às
ruas do país, em dimensões semelhantes às do protesto de 12 de abril (mas
menores do que a grande manifestação de 15 de março).
"Vale destacar que as pesquisas de opinião
mostram uma avaliação muito baixa da presidente. Dessa forma, os protestos
acabam sendo uma ressonância de algo maior", destacou à BBC Brasil o
professor de Ciência Política da UFRJ Paulo Baía.
A seguir, a lista com os números de manifestantes
nas capitais do país, segundo a PM ou secretarias de Segurança estaduais:
São Paulo - 350 mil
Rio de Janeiro - não divulgado
Brasília - 25 mil
Goiânia - 70 mil
Curitiba - 60 mil
Vitória - 40 mil
Florianópolis - 26 mil
Porto Alegre - 30 mil
Recife - não divulgado
Cuiabá - 14 mil
Maceió - 12 mil
Salvador - 5 mil
Belo Horizonte - 6 mil
Belém - 5 mil
Fortaleza - não divulgado
Natal - 5 mil
Manaus - 4 mil
Aracaju - 3 mil
Rio Branco - 1 mil
São Luís - 2,5 mil
Teresina - 900
João Pessoa - 800
Palmas - 350
Macapá - 150
11:48
No Rio, a PM ainda não estimou o público presente em
Copacabana. O repórter da BBC Brasil Jefferson Puff acompanhou um pequeno grupo
se formar no Posto 5 e, por volta das 11h, havia cerca de mil pessoas no local,
gritando slogans anti-Dilma e anti-PT.
Cinco carros de som estão ali, de grupos antigoverno
- Vem Pra Rua, Movimento Brasil Livre, Revoltados Online, Extermínio do Foro de
SP e União Contra a Corrupção.
Os ambulantes gritam 'Fora Dilma' para atrair a
atenção dos manifestantes, que se misturam também com turistas e frequentadores
das praias - lotadas com o calor de 25 graus.
O Rio também sedia neste domingo dois
eventos-teste da Olimpíada: uma regata de vela e uma prova de ciclismo de
estrada, que terminaria em Copacabana mas teve seu percurso alterado por conta
do protesto.
11:51
Em Belém, as estimativas da PM são de que o
protesto reúna cerca de 1,2 mil pessoas. Os organizadores estimam em 3 mil os
manifestantes.
Em Salvador, as estimativas são de 5 mil
pessoas nas ruas no final desta manhã.
11:58
Em São Paulo, pequenos grupos começam a se
reunir na avenida Paulista, segundo a GloboNews.
11:59
No Rio, os carros de som tocam pagodes com slogans
antigoverno, informa o repórter Jefferson Puff.
12:19
Em Belém, o número de manifestantes subiu
para 5 mil, segundo a PM, e 10 mil, de acordo com os organizadores.
12:20
BBC Brasil conversou com pessoas que, decepcionadas
com o governo, decidiram se juntar aos protestos ou que se desencantaram com as
manifestações e não vão às ruas neste domingo.
12:23
O senador Aécio Neves (PSDB-MG) participa dos
protestos deste domingo em Belo Horizonte, como anunciou no Twitter (acima).
No início do mês, o PSDB convocou pela primeira vez
a população às ruas contra o governo Dilma Rousseff.
12:39
Cerca de 50 manifestantes protestam em frente à embaixada
brasileira em Londres, informa o repórter da BBC Brasil Hugo Bachega.
Há faixas de "Fora Dilma", "Fora PT,
"Impeachment já" e "God Bless Sérgio Moro"('Deus abençoe
Sérgio Moro') , em referência ao juiz responsável pela Operação Lava Jato.
Um dos integrantes, de alto-falante, canta
"Olê-olê, estamos na rua para derrubar o PT", "Quem não pula
quer o Lula", "chora petista, bolivariano, sua roubalheira está
acabando".
12:52
Em Brasília, a repórter da BBC Brasil Mariana Schreiber
fotografou este boneco retratando o ex-presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
O protesto brasiliense começa a se dispersar,
segundo imagens da GloboNews. Os organizadores estimaram o público em 50 mil no
ápice do protesto; a PM estimou 25 mil pessoas.
==//==
Da avenida Paulista a Miami, os protestos antigoverno em 12 frases
- Há 2 horas
Manifestação em SP reuniu 135 mil
pessoas, segundo o instituto Datafolha, ou 350 mil pessoas, segundo a PM
Em São Paulo,
maior cidade do país, a manifestação levou 135 mil pessoas à região da avenida
Paulista, segundo o Datafolha.
A Polícia Militar
de São Paulo estimou o público em 350 mil pessoas – nos atos antigoverno de
abril, a estimativa da PM foi de 275 mil pessoas e, nos protestos de março, de
1 milhão.
A adesão foi alta
em capitais como Curitiba (60 mil pessoas, segundo a PM), Porto Alegre (30 mil)
e Florianópolis (26 mil). No Rio, a PM não estimou a dimensão da manifestação,
que ocorreu na praia de Copacabana.
A BBC Brasil
acompanhou os atos em São Paulo, em Brasília, no Rio de Janeiro, em Miami e em
Londres.
Em meio a gritos
isolados por “intervenção militar constitucional” e até pela volta da
monarquia, predominaram críticas à corrupção, referências de apoio à Operação
Lava Jato e a defesa do impeachment de Dilma.
A BBC Brasil
selecionou algumas das frases que resumem os protestos do dia. Confira!
Há 11 anos nos
EUA, onde nasceu sua filha, a empresária Joana Machado, 33 anos, explica uma
das faixas que a família levou ao ato contra o governo em Miami: "Na
última manifestação a favor da Dilma, um cara dizia que quem não estava feliz
no Brasil deveria ir para Miami lavar privada. Queria mostrar que não há nada
de indigno em fazer isso". Ela diz protestar porque pretende voltar ao
país um dia, "mas antes as coisas precisam melhorar".
Criativa, esta
carioca adaptou a famosa frase “Gentileza gera Gentileza”, do
"profeta" homônimo, figura lendária no Rio de Janeiro, para protestar
contra a corrupção. Sem se identificar, ela disse que sua prioridade é o
impeachment da presidente Dilma Rousseff.
Houve quem
buscasse se distanciar do embate partidário, como nesse cartaz visto na avenida
Paulista, em São Paulo. Boa parte dos manifestantes na avenida mais famosa da
cidade se dizia “apartidária”. Enquanto a maioria esmagadora reclamava do PT,
havia também críticos ao PSDB e ao PMDB.
"Posso
assegurar que esta é a única 'árvore-manifesto' do mundo, disse à BBC Brasil o
paulistano Paulo Kubalak, na avenida Paulista. "Simboliza o galho podre,
de Dilma a Collor, passando por Renan e Cunha."
"O protesto
não tem cor", diz Jesse Hilton, analista administrativo, durante a
manifestação paulistana. Seu cartaz faz referência aos comentários que ganharam
as redes sociais sobre uma suposta "maioria branca" presente nos
protestos contra o governo desde o início deste ano.
As críticas a Luiz
Inácio Lula da Silva foram recorrentes nas manifestações. Em gritos e cartazes,
muitos defendiam a prisão do ex-presidente e o associavam às investigações da
operação Lava Jato, da Polícia Federal.
“A (operação) Lava
Jato me mostrou pela primeira vez na vida que o Brasil está disposto a lutar
contra a corrupção. É isso, a gente precisa ser lavado – e isto inclui o PT, a
Câmara dos Deputados e o Senado”, diz Nani Catta Preta, ao lado do marido Beto,
na avenida Paulista.
Sucesso entre os
manifestantes no ato na capital paulista, este cartaz fez trocadilho com o
símbolo petista e o filme de Hollywood "A Culpa é das Estrelas”.
Líderes do PMDB,
como o senador Renan Calheiros e o ex-presidente José Sarney, também foram alvo
dos manifestantes nesse domingo. Houve menções isoladas ao presidente da Câmara
dos Deputados, Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), como nesse cartaz elogioso em São
Paulo.
Não faltaram
menções irônicas às declarações recentes de Dilma sobre metas do Pronatec
(Programa Nacional de Acesso ao Ensino Técnico e Emprego) e à já famosa
“saudação à mandioca”.
Setores que
defendem a volta dos militares ao poder marcaram presença nos atos pelo Brasil.
Em São Paulo, o empresário Fausto Ferraz, 49, dizia que as Forças Armadas são a
“única solução para limpar o país”.
A paulistana
Hayley Rocco distribuía panfletos a favor da volta do regime monárquico ao
país: "Foi o único período de estabilidade política, institucional e
econômica do Brasil", diz. "Nunca um imperador, por exemplo, aumentou
seu salário."
Com reportagem
de Ricardo Senra e Thiago Guimarães, em São Paulo; Jefferson Puff, no Rio de
Janeiro; e João Fellet, em Miami.
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21/08/2015 20h58 - Atualizado em
21/08/2015 21h53
Camargo Corrêa vai devolver
mais de R$ 800 milhões aos cofres públicos
Construtora fechou acordo na Lava
Jato para devolver R$ 700 milhões.
Na quarta (19) acertou com Cade pagamento de multa de R$ 104 milhões.
Na quarta (19) acertou com Cade pagamento de multa de R$ 104 milhões.
A
construtora Camargo Corrêa fechou nesta sexta-feira (21) um
acordo com os procuradores da Lava Jato e se comprometeu a devolver mais R$ 700
milhões aos cofres públicos. Com o acordo anterior, firmado na quarta-feira
(19), o total da devolução passa dos R$ 800 milhões.
É o maior acordo de ressarcimento já assinado no
Brasil. Os R$ 700 milhões serão pagos a empresas públicas que tiveram prejuízos
com a corrupção.
Na Petrobras, a Camargo Corrêa foi a empreiteira
responsável por obras nas refinarias de Abreu e Lima, Repar e no Comperj. Na
Eletronuclear, a construtora estava no consórcio das obras de Angra 3. E, na
Eletrobras, está na Usina Hidrelétrica de Belo Monte.
O pagamento poderá ser feito parcelado, com juros.
O acordo é parecido com a delação premiada. A empresa assumiu crimes como
corrupção, lavagem de dinheiro, fraude a licitações e cartel. Ela prometeu
devolver dinheiro e apresentar provas do esquema, que poderão ajudar nas
investigações contra outras construtoras.
Cumpridas as obrigações, a empreiteira e os executivos que estão sendo investigados terão, em troca, benefícios na aplicação de eventuais punições. Eles não poderiam mais ser condenados em novos processos da Lava Jato.
Em nota, a Camargo Corrêa afirmou que as informações e documentos apresentados aos procuradores são resultado de investigações internas. A construtora disse que está disposta a colaborar com a Lava Jato e assumir responsabilidades.
Cumpridas as obrigações, a empreiteira e os executivos que estão sendo investigados terão, em troca, benefícios na aplicação de eventuais punições. Eles não poderiam mais ser condenados em novos processos da Lava Jato.
Em nota, a Camargo Corrêa afirmou que as informações e documentos apresentados aos procuradores são resultado de investigações internas. A construtora disse que está disposta a colaborar com a Lava Jato e assumir responsabilidades.
Na quarta-feira (19), a Camargo Corrêa fechou outro
acordo. Foi com o Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica. Ela aceitou
pagar R$ 104 milhões de multa para se livrar de punições administrativas.
Três executivos da construtora já foram condenados criminalmente pela Justiça do Paraná. Dalton Avancini e Eduardo Leite cumprem prisão domiciliar até março do ano que vem. Os dois tiveram a pena reduzida porque fizeram acordo de delação premiada.
Eles também devem pagar R$ 7,5 milhões em multas. Já João Ricardo Auler foi condenado a nove anos e seis meses de prisão. Ele recorre da sentença em liberdade.
Três executivos da construtora já foram condenados criminalmente pela Justiça do Paraná. Dalton Avancini e Eduardo Leite cumprem prisão domiciliar até março do ano que vem. Os dois tiveram a pena reduzida porque fizeram acordo de delação premiada.
Eles também devem pagar R$ 7,5 milhões em multas. Já João Ricardo Auler foi condenado a nove anos e seis meses de prisão. Ele recorre da sentença em liberdade.
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Protestos
contra o governo da presidente Dilma Rousseff levaram milhares às ruas nos 26
Estados, no Distrito Federal e até em cidades do exterior neste domingo.
Em São Paulo, maior cidade do país, a manifestação levou 135 mil pessoas à região da avenida Paulista, segundo o Datafolha.
A Polícia Militar de São Paulo estimou o público em 350 mil pessoas - nos atos antigoverno de abril, a estimativa da PM foi de 275 mil pessoas e, nos protestos de março, de 1 milhão.
A adesão foi alta em capitais como Curitiba (60 mil pessoas, segundo a PM), Porto Alegre (30 mil) e Florianópolis (26 mil). No Rio, a PM não estimou a dimensão da manifestação, que ocorreu na praia de Copacabana.
A BBC Brasil acompanhou os atos em São Paulo, em Brasília, no Rio de Janeiro, em Miami e em Londres.
Leia também: Brasil tem dia de protestos antigoverno; veja como foi
Em São Paulo, maior cidade do país, a manifestação levou 135 mil pessoas à região da avenida Paulista, segundo o Datafolha.
A Polícia Militar de São Paulo estimou o público em 350 mil pessoas - nos atos antigoverno de abril, a estimativa da PM foi de 275 mil pessoas e, nos protestos de março, de 1 milhão.
A adesão foi alta em capitais como Curitiba (60 mil pessoas, segundo a PM), Porto Alegre (30 mil) e Florianópolis (26 mil). No Rio, a PM não estimou a dimensão da manifestação, que ocorreu na praia de Copacabana.
A BBC Brasil acompanhou os atos em São Paulo, em Brasília, no Rio de Janeiro, em Miami e em Londres.
Leia também: Brasil tem dia de protestos antigoverno; veja como foi
Em meio a gritos isolados por "intervenção militar constitucional" e até pela volta da monarquia, predominaram críticas à corrupção, referências de apoio à Operação Lava Jato e a defesa do impeachment de Dilma.
A BBC Brasil selecionou algumas das frases que resumem os protestos do dia. Confira!
Há 11 anos nos EUA, onde nasceu sua filha, a empresária Joana Machado, 33 anos, explica uma das faixas que a família levou ao ato contra o governo em Miami: "Na última manifestação a favor da Dilma, um cara dizia que quem não estava feliz no Brasil deveria ir para Miami lavar privada. Queria mostrar que não há nada de indigno em fazer isso". Ela diz protestar porque pretende voltar ao país um dia, "mas antes as coisas precisam melhorar".
Criativa, esta carioca adaptou a famosa frase "Gentileza gera Gentileza", do "profeta" homônimo, figura lendária no Rio de Janeiro, para protestar contra a corrupção. Sem se identificar, ela disse que sua prioridade é o impeachment da presidente Dilma Rousseff.
Houve
quem buscasse se distanciar do embate partidário, como nesse cartaz visto na
avenida Paulista, em São Paulo. Boa parte dos manifestantes na avenida mais
famosa da cidade se dizia "apartidária". Enquanto a maioria
esmagadora reclamava do PT, havia também críticos ao PSDB e ao PMDB.
"Posso assegurar que esta é a única 'árvore-manifesto' do mundo, disse à BBC Brasil o paulistano Paulo Kubalak, na avenida Paulista. "Simboliza o galho podre, de Dilma a Collor, passando por Renan e Cunha."
"O protesto não tem cor", diz Jesse Hilton, analista administrativo, durante a manifestação paulistana. Seu cartaz faz referência aos comentários que ganharam as redes sociais sobre uma suposta "maioria branca" presente nos protestos contra o governo desde o início deste ano.
"Posso assegurar que esta é a única 'árvore-manifesto' do mundo, disse à BBC Brasil o paulistano Paulo Kubalak, na avenida Paulista. "Simboliza o galho podre, de Dilma a Collor, passando por Renan e Cunha."
"O protesto não tem cor", diz Jesse Hilton, analista administrativo, durante a manifestação paulistana. Seu cartaz faz referência aos comentários que ganharam as redes sociais sobre uma suposta "maioria branca" presente nos protestos contra o governo desde o início deste ano.
As críticas a Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva foram recorrentes nas manifestações. Em gritos e cartazes, muitos defendiam a prisão do ex-presidente e o associavam às investigações da operação Lava Jato, da Polícia Federal.
"A (operação) Lava Jato me mostrou pela primeira vez na vida que o Brasil está disposto a lutar contra a corrupção. É isso, a gente precisa ser lavado - e isto inclui o PT, a Câmara dos Deputados e o Senado", diz Nani Catta Preta, ao lado do marido Beto, na avenida Paulista.
Sucesso entre os manifestantes no ato na capital paulista, este cartaz fez trocadilho com o símbolo petista e o filme de Hollywood "A Culpa é das Estrelas".
Líderes do PMDB, como o senador Renan Calheiros e o ex-presidente José Sarney, também foram alvo dos manifestantes nesse domingo. Houve menções isoladas ao presidente da Câmara dos Deputados, Eduardo Cunha (PMDB-RJ), como nesse cartaz elogioso em São Paulo.
Não faltaram menções irônicas às declarações recentes de Dilma sobre metas do Pronatec (Programa Nacional de Acesso ao Ensino Técnico e Emprego) e à já famosa "saudação à mandioca".
Setores que defendem a volta dos militares ao poder marcaram presença nos atos pelo Brasil. Em São Paulo, o empresário Fausto Ferraz, 49, dizia que as Forças Armadas são a "única solução para limpar o país".
A paulistana Hayley Rocco distribuía panfletos a favor da volta do regime monárquico ao país: "Foi o único período de estabilidade política, institucional e econômica do Brasil", diz. "Nunca um imperador, por exemplo, aumentou seu salário."
Com reportagem de Thiago Guimarães e Ricardo Senra, em São Paulo; Jefferson Puff, no Rio de Janeiro; e João Fellet, em Miami.
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