Even the revered former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – Lula – has been dragged into a long-running corruption probe that is dividing BraziliansBrazil’s president,Dilma Rousseff, is fighting for her political life after a catastrophic seven days that enjoy shaken the country to its core.
After a week that began with the country’s largest anti-government protests ever seen and ended with its revered former leader, or Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,blocked from taking up a cabinet post as a result of his alleged involvement in the Petrobras corruption scandal, Rousseff now faces impeachment in Congress that could see her forced out of office next month.
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Source: theguardian.com