It’s officially SUMMER! And you know what that means… not only is it time to hit the BEACH, it’s time to do something about that tangled mass of corruption that you’ve been hiding for months. In light of that, here are eight Brazilians that you will not believe, mainly because of their implication in the Escândalo do Mensalão (“big monthly payment” scandal) that nearly brought down the presidency of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2005.
Marcos Valério
Ramon Hollerbach
Cristiano Paz
Simone Vasconcelos
Roberto Jefferson
José Dirceu
Delúbio Soares
José Genoíno
ADAM WEISHAUPT is a Professor of Law at the University of Ingolstadt. His hobbies include rationalism, masonry, and opposition to Kantian idealism.