Brazil’s Petrobras corruption probe claimed another victim this week when a senior minister was forced to stand down over secretly-recorded suggestions that the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff was at least partially motivated by a plan to shield those involved in the kickbacks from prosecution.
Romero Juca, appointed Planning Minister in Brazil’s new interim administration barely two weeks ago, was forced to take leave of absence as a result of the leaked audio file.
Juca,
