The Former President Of Brazil Was Questioned About A Huge Corruption Scandal
The Former President Of Brazil Was Questioned About A Huge Corruption Scandal
The detention of former President Lula da Silva’s detention “substantially increases the odds of President Rousseff not finishing her government as planned in 2019,” points out AS/COA’s Brian Winter.
MEXICO CITY, México — Federal police officers briefly questioned former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — often simply referred to as “Lula” — on Friday as part of a sweeping investigation into corruption and money laundering around the state-owned oil company Petrobras….
… The Instituto Lula, Lula’s nonprofit dedicated to democracy-building, released a statement calling the raid “unfair, unjustifiable, arbitrary and illegal” and saying that the former president has provided testimony on the Petrobras investigation willingly in recent months.
Lula’s questioning is the most high-profile to date in the Petrobras graft inquiry. “It’s a clear before and after in the political and economic crisis shaking Brazil,” said Brian Winter, vice president of policy at the Americas Society/Council of the Americas. “Lula’s detention substantially increases the odds of President Rousseff not finishing her government as planned in 2019,” he added….
