Moro scandal stirs up Latin American politics
CGTN
The Brazilian political system was thrown into disarray last Sunday and it could lead to wider problems across the region. The investigative media website, The Intercept, published an archive of conversations which revealed the efforts the judicial system went to interfere in the political process. chief among those accused is the current Justice Minister Sergio Moro, who became famous as the judge at the center of the "Operation Carwash" scandal.
Operation Carwash was a money laundering investigation which began in 2014 and then began investigating corruption at Brazil’s state oil company, Petrobrás. The scheme involved executives pocketing bribes in exchange for large construction contracts. It sucked in politicians from across the political spectrum, including the then governing Workers' Party.
