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September 26, 2016

Brazil: President Temer Under Investigation for Corruption
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Brazil's Supreme Court has opened a corruption investigation into newly
installed President Michel Temer. The inquiry stems from allegations
Temer solicited bribes in return for contracts with Brazil's oil company
Petrobras. Temer was sworn in three weeks ago, after lawmakers voted to
impeach his predecessor, President Dilma Rousseff. On Thursday, Temer
told business and foreign policy leaders in New York that he worked to
impeach Rousseff after she refused to implement his party's economic
plan, which included cuts to health, education and welfare spending.
That contradicts the official reason for her impeachment-accusations she
tampered with government accounts to hide a budget deficit.


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