In Corruption-Hardened Brazil, Latest Revelations Still Shock
- Country reels once again as new graft allegations emerge
- Batistas lay out details of alleged scheme in video testimony
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In the three years since Brazil’s sweeping corruption scandal exploded, there have been plenty of jaw-dropping moments. But even in a nation hardened by allegations of crooked politicians and businessmen on the take, the latest crisis has come as a shock.
The details trickling out often seem to have come straight out of a best-selling political thriller. On Thursday, a Rio de Janeiro newspaper published photos allegedly showing a lawmaker and a senator’s relative handling bags of cash at restaurants and at the Sao Paulo headquarters of meat company JBS SA.