Weekly Report - 09 August 2012 (WR-12-31)

President Dilma Rousseff is entreating her cabinet ministers not to be distracted by one of Brazil’s most sensational political corruption trials, currently unfolding in the supreme court and broadcast on television. Rousseff is concerned that the infamous mensalão corruption and bribery scandal could delay the approval of items on her agenda. But, even if her ministers manage to avoid the saturation coverage of the trial, they will need to work incredibly hard to produce anything that will divert attention from the trial which has its own section in the press just like the Olympics. The trial, which began on 2 August, is expected to last at least a month.

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