more accountable. We will change the legislation and democratise theprocurement and information-sharing process of Petrobras.At the Abreu e Lima refinery, rain clouds are clearing and workerstrudge back through the thick red mud of the construction site. A cleaner saysmany workers vanish as soon as it rains, explaining the delays in the project.Like the refinery project, mud from the Abreu e Lima scandal hassplattered Ms Rousseffs election campaign, damaging her reputation as acompetent manager.But analysts doubt that much of it will stick to her. She was recentlycleared by the TCU of wrongdoing in the Pasadena scandal. She has alsoinstalled career Petrobras engineer, Maria das Gracas Foster, as CEO, who hascleaned out most of the political appointees, former Petrobras executivessay.Petrobras will continue to be a negative source of news for her duringthe election but the key risk factor for her is a weakening economy, says JoaoAugusto de Castro Neves of Eurasia Group, a consultancy.More worrying for Brazil is the apparent propensity of state-ownedcompanies to be used by politicians intent on financing their campaigns.Furnas, the federal power company, has also been embroiled in corruptionallegations linked to the 2002 elections which the former managers of thecompany have previously denied.A tougher anti-corruption law could help but enforcement will be vital.Brazils convoluted legal system often allows those with good lawyers to avoidjail. This new law is a good thing but our track record of punishment is notvery bright, said Mr Lazzarini of Insper.One man who seemed to understand the problem of endemic corruption wasMr Costa. In a notebook seized by police from his home, he jotted down a quotefrom Millor Fernandes, the Brazilian writer, that captured the cynicism manyfeel about the countrys politics.Rooting out corruption is the ultimate goal of those who have not yetcome to power, he scrawled.Additional reporting by Thalita CarricoThe killer fish adding to a ports woesMaking small talk in Brazil typically involves discussing football orthe traffic but in the northeastern city of Recife, shark attack anecdotes area popular icebreaker,writes Samantha Pearson.There is the tale of the surfer whose wife divorced him after a sharkbit off both his arms or the teenage girl who had four heart attacks when her footwas left hanging by a thread.From shop workers to hotel concierges, everyone has a story to tellabout the killer fish that have been responsible for gruesome injuries and atleast one death a year for the past two decades.Im not scared I still swim here all the time, boasts one man onRecifes main beach, ignoring placards advising bathers not to enter the water,especially when they are drunk, wearing shiny objects or during a full moon.But Recife has not always resembled the setting of one of Gabriel Garcia Marquezs magic realism novels. Researchers say the shark attacks began inthe early 1990s after the construction of the nearby Suape port, the 13,500-hectare industrialcomplex that is home to Petrobrass Abreu e Lima refinery.The intensification of maritime traffic and the impact of the portsconstruction on the ecosystem have been identified as the main causes of thisoutbreak of attacks, says Fabio Hazin, a professor at the Federal RuralUniversity of Pernambuco.Sharks like