Brazil scandal draws in Lula’s chosen successor
Comments OffThe expected ruling party candidate in Brazil’s 2010 presidential election has been drawn into a scandal by an accusation that she tried to stop a probe into the finances of the Senate chief’s family.
The alleged involvement of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s chief of staff, Dilma Rousseff, underlines the growing risks posed by the [...]
Brazil Senate closer to Petrobras corruption probe
Comments OffBrazil’s Senate agreed on Thursday to move ahead with a long-delayed corruption probe of state oil company Petrobras (PETR4.SA) that is unlikely to harm the company’s massive offshore oil developments but which could slow key energy legislation.
The inquiry was originally announced in May, but partisan wrangling delayed the proceedings.
“The (Senate) President Jose Sarney convoked the [...]
Brazil: Senegal took control of doomed flight
Comments OffBrazil’s air force has released a recording it says proves it handed over control of Air France Flight 447 to Senegalese authorities before it crashed.
The audio has been posted on the air force Web site after a French official said air traffic controllers in Dakar, Senegal, never officially took control of the flight.
Lead French investigator [...]
No French access to Brazil plane crash autopsies
France’s chief air disaster investigator said on Wednesday he was unhappy that a French pathologist had not been allowed to take part in autopsies in Brazil of bodies recovered after an Air France plane crash.
Brazilian and French ships are still searching for wreckage and bodies from the plane that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on [...]
China, Brazil Sign Oil Deal
Comments OffChina has agreed to lend $10 billion to Brazil’s Petrobras, in return for guaranteed oil supply over the next decade. The deal was among a host of agreements signed during Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s state visit to China, which ends Wednesday.
Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva toasts with China’s President [...]
