How Lava Jato Died – And What Comes Next
How Lava Jato Died – And What Comes Next
The politician who most benefited from Brazil's anti-corruption probe has put the final nail in its coffin.
RIO DE JANEIRO – Jair Bolsonaro was elected in 2018 as Lava Jato's anti-establishment champion His campaign, built on distaste for the Brazilian elite, came four years after the historic anti-corruption probe had begun to lay bare the full web of tawdry connections between the country's political and economic masters His pick of Judge Sérgio Moro, the public face of the operation, as justice minister seemed to promise that, if nothing else, the clean-up of Brazilian politics would continue with Bolsonaro as president Two years later, Moro has resigned, and the president has...
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