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Petrobras affair dashes Brazil's economic hopes

Philipp BarthApril 2, 2015

The state-owned oil company in Brazil was supposed to help propel the South American country's economy into the top flight. Now investigators are trying to determine how far up the the political foodchain a gigantic kickback scheme went. Meanwhile thousands of ordinary Brazilians enticed to dream of a better life have been left stranded.

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