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Weekly Report - 02 February 2017 (WR-17-04)
‘Operation Car Wash’ strikes again in Brazil
Prosecutors working on Brazil’s relentless anti-corruption probe ‘Operation Car Wash’ celebrated two major breakthroughs this week. On the morning of 30 January, Brazilian authorities detained the business mogul Eike Batista on corruption charges. Later that day, the supreme court ratified 77 testimonies linked to a bid-rigging scandal at the construction company Odebrecht, in what is expected to be one of the most explosive revelations uncovered by the investigation so far.
- ‘Operation Car Wash’ strikes again in Brazil
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- VENEZUELA: Borges calls on splintering MUD to maintain pressure for regional elections
- PERU: Kuczynski’s popularity takes a battering
- ECUADOR: Moreno ducks presidential debate
- BOLIVIA: Seeking to address a long-standing priority
- ARGENTINA: Macri gov’t at pains to evade Trump comparisons
- TRACKING TRENDS
- MEXICO: López Obrador to the fore
- CUBA: Florida’s Republican governor nixes port deals with Cuba
- EL SALVADOR: Government accused of spying
- PANAMA: Odebrecht scandal spreads to Panama
- Bolivia boosts security cooperation with Chile
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