On 4 March 2016, former President Lula da Silva of the Workers Party (PT) in Brazil was detained shortly for corruption investigations. He was questioned for corruption allegations at the state oil company Petrobras. The investigations were part of a larger corruption investigation campaign called ''Aletheia''. His wife, children and the head of the Lula Institute are also suspected of corruption. It means yet another setback for current president Dilma Roussef, which is part of the same political party that has been the most important political party in Brazil since 2002. The country has enough problems already for which the President is blamed such as the economic problems as the country is in one of the worst recessions in decades and the Congress might attempt to impeach President Dilma Roussef who is said to have used funds of public banks to cover budgets gaps of the government. Most of the population has lost trust already in their president, with historically low approval ratings of around 10% as she fights for her political existence.

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For more on the Petrobras corruption scandals in Brazil and its dire economic situation click here and here.
For economic facts and figures on Brazil click here and here.