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    The Mensalão scandal (Portuguese: Escândalo do Mensalão, IPA: [isˈkɐ̃dɐlu du mẽsɐˈlɐ̃w]) was a major parliamentary alleged vote-buying scandal by Luiz...
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  • The Mensalão scandal (Portuguese: Escândalo do Mensalão) took place in Brazil in 2005 and threatened to bring down the government of Luiz Inácio Lula...
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    PT to the most serious crisis in its history, known colloquially as the Mensalão. José Genoíno resigned as president of the party and was replaced by Tarso...
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    Gushiken was accused of being part of a cash-for-votes scandal, known as the Mensalão Scandal, after which he was demoted and left the government soon...
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    attributed to a massive corruption scheme in the legislature, the Mensalão scandal. Upon leaving the government, Dirceu resumed his roles as an elected...
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    so-called Mensalão scandal, “mensalão” being a neologism referring to large monthly payments. After being identified as a key figure in the scandal, Soares...
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    the Mensalão scandal in 2005 over alleged payments to congresspeople for votes. When it came to his administration as Rio de Janeiro's mayor, scandals continued...
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    Portuguese). Retrieved 2020-06-11. Braziliense, Correio (2018-07-17). "Preso no Mensalão, Valdemar Costa Neto é nome mais cortejado para alianças". Correio Braziliense...
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    as a rebranding as the Liberal Party was heavily implicated in the Mensalão scandal. Historically, the party was a pragmatic party of business interests...
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    corruption scandals, notably the Mensalão $50 million vote-buying scandal and Escândalo dos sanguessugas [pt] during Lula's first term. In the 2005 Mensalão $50...
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  • the Mensalão scandal. He was the first and only Muslim to ever be elected to the Brazilian national congress. At the time of the Mensalão scandal, Janene...
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    poverty rate during Lula's first term in office. However, the Mensalão scandal, a corruption scandal that implicated politicians in the PT and other parties...
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    Duda's Mendonça advertising agency. These incidents were dubbed the Mensalão scandal. On August 24, 2007, the Brazilian Supreme Court (Supremo Tribunal...
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    the same year it was responsible for several news stories about the Mensalão scandal. Veja had a circulation of 1,086,200 copies in 2010. In April 2012...
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    corruption allegations and suspected involvement in the so-called "Mensalão scandal". The Universal Church-led faction then left the PL to create a new...
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    siphoning funds from state-owned corporation for personal gain. The Mensalão scandal for example used taxpayer funds to pay monthly allowances to members...
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  • crime since parliamentary immunity was instituted in 1988. After the Mensalão scandal in 2005, the Supreme Federal Tribunal surprised many when, on August...
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  • Brazilian Post Office scandal [pt] (2005) - bid-rigging at Correios. Mensalão scandal (2005) – parliamentary vote-buying scandal by Luiz Inácio Lula da...
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    president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in what became known as the Mensalão scandal. The scandal included dozens of parliamentarians of the government's coalition...
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    communications firms: DNA and SMP&B. Because of his involvement in the Mensalão scandal, he was sentenced to more than 40 years of imprisonment. The son of...
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    Dirceu resigned in 2005 in a political crisis triggered by the Mensalão corruption scandal, Rousseff became chief of staff and remained in that post until...
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    the precursor to Mensalão that had begun in 1998 among officials in the government of Minas Gerais, a scandal known as the Mensalão tucano. The list of...
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    against the endemic corruption in Brazil (see A Privataria Tucana and Mensalão scandal), and in favor of sustainable development (with a due consideration...
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    in the ruling Workers Party (PT), even after being accused in the Mensalão scandal. In several meetings, they discussed the forthcoming criminal trial...
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    subsequently lost his political rights due to involvement with the Mensalão scandal), Palocci was considered one of the most influential and strong ministers...
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  • and courts of justice. Mixed Parliamentary Inquiry Commission of the Mensalão scandal (2005), investigating the vote-buying of lawmakers in the National...
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    money laundering in 2005. as a defendant in the proceedings in the Mensalão scandal case. He was the only one of those found guilty and sentenced to jail...
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  • of a massive fraud on the Norte-Sul railway (1985), and through the Mensalão scandal (2005), Folha kept revealing abuses and misrule. In 1986, Folha became...
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    was reelected for the Chamber in 2018 and 2022. In 2005, amid the Mensalão scandal, then advisor of José Guimarães, José Adalberto Vieira da Silva, was...
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    approval process, which was scrutinized in connection with the mensalão scandal. This scandal raised questions about whether the approval of the PEC was influenced...
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