LatinNews Daily Report - 12 April 2012

Development: Senator Demóstenes Torres, of the Brazilian right-wing opposition party Democrátas (DEM), quit the party on 11 April amid a mounting corruption scandal centred on his links with a former businessman, Carlos Augusto Ramos, who is currently imprisoned for running an illegal gambling/gaming mafia.

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