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Brazil鈥檚 Corruption Crisis

Can the 'Car Wash' anti-corruption investigation clean up Brazilian politics?

Brazil has been rocked by a series of corruption scandals in recent years - Operation 'Car Wash' is just one of the many ongoing investigations that stretch into the highest levels of business and politics. President Michel Temer is himself implicated in a scandal that could well bring his term of office to an early end - making him the country's second president ousted within a year. His approval ratings are rock bottom, street protests against him are growing, and the Supreme Court has now ordered him to answer police questions about the allegations against him. On this week's Newshour Extra, Owen Bennett Jones and his guests ask how Brazil, once hailed as a bright hope of emerging BRICS nations, has reached this point of crisis and whether the corruption investigations can clean up the mess.

Photo: Two Brazilian students shows their hands with the slogan: 'Enough of Corruption' written on them. Credit: Getty Images

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50 minutes

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Sat 3 Jun 2017 03:06GMT

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Contributors

Monica de Bolle - US-based Brazilian economist. Senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington DC

Oliver Stuenkel - Professor of International Relations at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, Sao Paulo

Dr Timothy Power - at the Latin America Centre, Oxford University

Katy Watson - 大象传媒 Latin America Correspondent

Also featuring:

Jose Padilha - one of Brazil's most successful film makers. He's currently working on a Netflix series 'The Mechanism' featuring Brazil's money laundering 'Car Wash' affair.

Chico Alencar - Brazilian politician who broke away from the Workers Party saying it had lost it principles and formed the breakaway Socialism and Liberty Party

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