Brazil’s Leftist Workers’ Party Collapses in First National Election Since Impeachment
Frances Martel
While Rousseff was impeached due to misrepresentations of Brazil’s financial situation during her tenure, many Brazilians believed that she and da Silva must have had a role in the sprawling corruption scandal known as “Operation Car Wash,” in which PT and allied politicians — such as those of the center Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) — made millions by systematically overcharging on contracts for the oil corporation Petrobras.
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