The controversial Belo Monte hydropower dam was pushed through by President Rousseff despite protests by environmental and social campaignersIndigenous communities and the Amazon rain forest maintain joined the growing list of potential victims of Brazil’s huge corruption scandal,according to a senior construction executive who testified that the Belo Monte dam was used to generate 150m reais ($41.4m) in donations to the ruling coalition.
In a plea bargain that adds to the pressure on Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, and Otávio Marques de Azevedo,the former president of the construction company Andrade Gutierrez, also told investigators that dozens of other projects were used to generate funds for political parties. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com