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WORLD NEWS Friday 15 September 2017
Brazil’s Temer charged with obstruction of justice

MAURICIO SAVARESE Janot charged Temer abused their positions to
Associated Press with bribery earlier this commit crimes”
SAO PAULO (AP) — year, but in August law- to obtain advantages
Brazilian President Mi- makers refused to allow in the government and
chel Temer was charged those proceedings to go Chamber of Deputies,
with obstruction of jus- forward. wrote Janot.
tice and leading a In the latest accusations, The widely expected
criminal organization on Janot said that Temer charges came hours af-
Thursday, the latest fall- led a criminal organi- ter authorities raided the
out from a wide-ranging zation since May 2016, home of a member of
corruption probe that when he assumed the Temer’s Cabinet.
has ensnared many of presidency. The operation was au-
the elite in Latin Ameri- Temer, then vice presi- thorized by Brazil’s top
ca’s largest nation. dent, took over when court and is part of an
In filings to the country’s President Dilma Rousseff In this Aug. 16, 2017 photo, Brazil’s President Michel Temer investigation of Agricul-
top court, Attorney Gen- was impeached and speaks during a ceremony at the Planalto Presidential Palace, ture Minister Blairo Mag-
eral Rodrigo Janot ac- later removed from of- in Brasilia, Brazil. President Temer has been charged with ob- gi, who is suspected of
cused Temer of paying fice for illegally manag- struction of justice and of leading a criminal organization on bribing state lawmak-
hush funds to a former ing the federal budget. Thursday, Sept. 14, in the latest fallout from a wide-ranging cor- ers during his 2003-2010
ruption probe that has ensnared many of the elite in Latin Amer-
speaker of the lower Temer “promoted, or- terms as governor of
Chamber of Deputies ganized and integrated a criminal organization four people, includ- Mato Grosso.
and to an operator of his willingly and personally formed by more than ing public agents who q
political group.
Janot also alleged that Venezuela government, opposition discuss new talks
Temer led the criminal
organization that op- By EZEQUIEL LOPEZ the South American na- er or separately.“There for new negotiations.But
erates in Brazil’s Con- Associated Press tion’s economic and po- is a lot of willingness to earlier in the day, Vene-
gress and the executive SANTO DOMINGO, Do- litical turmoil.Dominican reach some kind of ne- zuelan opposition leader
branch. minican Republic (AP) President Danilo Medina gotiation,” Medina said, Julio Borges, who leads his
Temer has repeatedly — Representatives of said he met with dele- adding that more meet- country’s opposition-con-
denied wrongdoing. Venezuela’s government gates from both Venezu- ings would be held Thurs- trolled National Assembly,
As a sitting president, Te- and opposition began ela’s government and the day.Jorge Rodriguez, the said there would be no
mer will only be put on meetings in the Domini- opposition for more than mayor of Caracas who is new talks until conditions
trial if two-thirds of Bra- can Republic this week to five hours, though he did on the government del- outlined by the main op-
zil’s lower house votes to explore possibilities for re- not say whether he met egation, expressed opti- position coalition have
suspend him from office. starting talks on resolving with the two sides togeth- mism about the chance been met. q