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Brazil & Southern Cone - September 2011 (ISSN 1741-4431)
BRAZIL: The 'indignant’ demand transparency, past and present
President Dilma Rousseff has accepted the resignations of five ministers in eight months, only one of which was not linked to corruption. Having initially dithered, Rousseff, under the watchful eye of the press and the public alike, is now taking no prisoners in her quest to rout entrenched official graft, which she argues is public money meant for schools and hospitals. According to official estimates, total annual corruption in Brazil is worth some US$19bn, which is the equivalent of Bolivia’s GDP.
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