A daily scrapbook of stories from major news media on corruption, bribery and financial crimes that undermine good governance
A daily scrapbook of stories from major news media on corruption, bribery and financial crimes that undermine good governance
SAO PAULO - Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s government has retained record-high approval ratings despite a corruption trial before the top court focusing on her ruling Workers Party, the Associated Press reports. A Datafolha poll published Tuesday in the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper shows Rousseff’s government with a 62 percent approval rating - a statistical tie with an April Datafolha poll. Read more in the Washington Post.
BUENOS AIRES - The trial has begun in Argentina of former President Fernando de la Rua, accused of bribing senators to approve a labour reform bill in 2000, the BBC reports. Prosecutors say de la Rua paid some $5 million to secure the votes of a group of senators in favour of legislation scrapping workers' rights. He denies the charges and says the accusations are politically motivated. More than 300 witnesses are due to be questioned, including President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, his political rival.
CHICAGO - What could be imprisoned former Illinois Gov. George Ryan's last chance at a new trial is again in the hands of an appeals court, the Huffington Post reports. Ryan, 78, was convicted in 2006 of steering state contracts and leases to political insiders while he was secretary of state and then as governor, receiving vacations and gifts in return. He also was accused of stopping an investigation into secretary of state employees accepting bribes in exchange for truck driver's licenses.
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