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Weekly Report - 30 August 2005
BRAZIL: Emerging pattern hammers Lula's reelection hopes
The corruption scandal has started having serious effect on President Lula da Silva's current standing and political prospects as congruent accounts from different quarters continue to accumulate and more of the actors state their conviction that, if not involved personally, Lula must have known about the shady activities of his closest aides.
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