Scandal Over Brazilian Oil Company Adds Turmoil to the Presidential Race Simplesmente, Dilma traiu todos os brasileiros: seus partidários e a oposição. Nonetheless, the scandal has hurt the campaign of Ms. Rousseff, who has overseen Petrobras for more than a decade. As a cabinet minister and protégé of Brazil’s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, she was chairwoman of the board at Petrobras during the period when Mr. Costa said he assembled the bribery scheme within the company. She no longer sits on the board at Petrobras, but chooses its top executives. After her election in 2010, Ms. Rousseff kept Mr. Costa in his job until 2012, when he resigned to start a consulting venture. She has railed against the public disclosures of his testimony, calling them the equivalent of a “coup” aimed at thwarting her re-election bid. The judge in the case, Sergio Moro, has responded by saying that the law requires that evidence in the case be made public. But Ms. Rousseff has also effectively acknowledged the prevalence of corruption inside the executive suites of Petrobras, while denying that she had known about the kickbacks when they were taking place.
Posted on: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 22:07:49 +0000