Brazil bribes

(cont'd from yesterday's post)

That commentator in Brazil says early morning arrests for corruption are getting common. He speculates on when the next ones will come:

"Any morning now, we’ll get to see the plea bargain from Odebrecht, the largest construction company involved in the scandal . . Odebrecht was so organized that they had a [department] entrusted with handling the hundreds of millions of dollars that went to different politicians and parties. It’s expected they will rat out somewhere north of 150 politicians . . .

"Those politicians aren’t silly gooses though. They realized ending the investigation was a simple matter: pass a law stopping it. In fact, a senator was recorded explicitly talking about that. He’s now the leader of the government in the senate, and was also [on] Odebrecht’s . . list.

"Any morning now."

Citizens are upset. "[P]rotests included 20-feet-tall inflatable puppets of politicians in jail uniforms." 

(cont'd tomorrow)