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The noose around Brazil president Temer's neck is getting tighter. On Tuesday, local paper Observador reported that Brazilian police announced that in a separate probe from the ongoing Carwash scandal, they had arrested a presidential aide and two ex-governors as part of an investigation into the

After coming out of a 2016 Presidential election cycle in which one candidate was the subject of multiple federal investigations related to illegal pay-to-play activities as well as the illegal destruction of federal records subject to a Congressional subpoena, perhaps it shouldn't be so shocking

The death of Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki who had presided over the sprawling "Carwash" corruption scandal, and who died yesterday in a freak airplane crash has sent shockwaves both around the globe and in Brazil, because while few in polite company will discuss it, it has opened

Update: as feared, the Supreme Court Justice has died. Reuters with the update: Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Teori Zavascki was killed in a plane crash on Thursday, his son said, raising doubt over who will take over his blockbuster graft investigation into dozens of politicians.  

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