Weekly Report - 20 December 2012 (WR-12-50)

Attorney General Roberto Gurgel has done the unthinkable - he has opened an investigation into the allegations of financial impropriety levelled at the former president, Lula da Silva (2003-2010) by one of the convicted ringleaders of the mensalão, Marcos Valerio. The government led by Lula’s successor, Dilma Rousseff, has mounted a damage-control campaign.

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