25 Oct 21
Congressman aligned with Bolsonaro participated in scheme to buy tractors with public funds
The purchase of tractors and other agricultural machinery with heavy suspicions of overbilling was financed with public funds from at least 30 parliamentarians, indicates an investigation of O Estado de SĂŁo Paulo.
The investigation reached the full list of names crossing information from an internal spreadsheet of the Ministry of Regional Development and a report from the Office of the Comptroller General (CGU), prepared after the newspaper revealed in May that the ministry received R$ 3 billion (USD 600 million) in amendments to help the government’s allied base in Congress.
According to the newspaper, Rep. Vitor Hugo (GO); Senator Davi Alcolumbre (DEM-AP); and Rep. Domingos Neto (PSD-CE), general rapporteur of the 2020 budget, participated in the scheme.
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25 Oct 21
Senate approves the government’s “creative accounting” for environment goals
26 Oct 21
In the Amazon, 75% of deforested areas in public forests became pastures for cattle, study shows