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Weekly Report - 25 August 2011 (WR-11-34)
BRAZIL: The runaway gravy train
Brazil’s government corruption scandals keep coming thick and fast. In her determination to show zero tolerance for official graft President Dilma Rousseff has unwittingly opened Pandora’s Box. As one local commentator put it, “Brasília risks eating itself alive”.
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