Weekly Report - 06 July 2017 (WR-17-26)
BRAZIL: Judiciary takes aim at Temer’s inner circle
Brazilian authorities have freed one ally of President Michel Temer and put another behind bars. Rodrigo Rocha Loures, who allegedly solicited bribes on behalf of Temer, was released from jail. Soon afterwards, police detained Temer’s former government secretary Geddel Vieira Lima for obstruction of justice. These developments mark the latest chapter in a long-running power spat between Brazil’s executive and judicial branches.
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