Dilma Rousseff

Marcelo Odebrecht tells the electoral court that off-the-books payments financed advertising consultant João Santana for Rousseff's 2014 re-election campaign.

State of the evidence

Disputed

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Institutional responsibility

The Superior Electoral Court examines an application to annul the 2014 election for illegal financing and abuse of economic power, directed jointly at Rousseff and Temer.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

The Lava Jato investigation reveals an extensive system of bribes and political financing centred on Petrobras, whose board Rousseff had previously chaired, and becomes a central crisis of her second term.

Attribution

Institutional responsibility

Role of the person profiled

Protagonist not prosecuted

Andrade Gutierrez executives state in the context of cooperation agreements that suppliers to Rousseff's 2010 presidential campaign were allegedly paid off the books with funds linked to public contracts.

State of the evidence

Alleged

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Institutional responsibility

Rousseff appoints former president Lula as Chief of Staff while he is under investigation in Lava Jato. A recording in which she tells him to use his appointment document 'if necessary' fuels an allegation that the appointment was intended to grant him a special judicial forum.

State of the evidence

Documented

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Directly implicated

A Senate expert assessment concludes that three supplementary appropriation decrees were incompatible with the budget target and that delayed payments to Banco do Brasil constituted a credit operation contrary to the Fiscal Responsibility Law.

State of the evidence

Documented

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Institutional responsibility

After several months of proceedings, the Senate votes to remove Rousseff from office for an impeachable offence [crime de responsabilité] relating to budgetary acts, ending her second term. The Senate votes separately to preserve her political rights.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated

As chair of the Petrobras board, Rousseff participates in 2006 in approving the purchase of 50 % of the Pasadena refinery. The total cost subsequently reaches approximately 1,2 billion dollars and becomes a subject of investigations and electoral campaigning in 2014.

State of the evidence

Documented

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Institutional responsibility

Protests denounce the approximately 11 billion dollars spent around the World Cup while public services are considered inadequate, making the event a symbol of dissatisfaction with the Rousseff administration.

State of the evidence

Documented

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Institutional responsibility

More than 200 000 people demonstrate in several cities, initially against transport fares and then against the quality of public services, corruption and the cost of major events. The crisis causes the government's popularity to fall.

State of the evidence

Documented

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Institutional responsibility

Chief of Staff Antonio Palocci resigns a few months after Rousseff becomes president, following revelations of a dramatic increase in his wealth during his years in Congress.

State of the evidence

Documented

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Institutional responsibility

Arrested in 1970, Rousseff is imprisoned for nearly three years for subversion and says she suffered beatings, electric shocks and other torture at the hands of the dictatorship's security services.

State of the evidence

Documented

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Directly implicated

After the 1964 coup, Rousseff joins clandestine organisations opposed to the dictatorship, including COLINA and then VAR-Palmares, which engage in armed struggle. Her exact operational role in certain violent actions has long been disputed.

State of the evidence

Documented

Attribution

Directly implicated