Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will emerge clean from a wave of corruption probes sweeping the country and threatening the political stability of his successor President Dilma Rousseff, according to the Justice Minister.
Investigations haven’t uncovered any evidence that could lead to Lula’s imprisonment or justify Rousseff’s impeachment, Jose Eduardo Cardozo, who is in charge of the Federal Police as Justice Minister, said in interview.
Brazil’s biggest corruption scheme ever uncovered, dubbed Carwash, has locked up political strongmen, wealthy construction barons, black market dollar operators and former executives of state-controlled Petrobras. Rousseff’s predecessor and political patron Lula is also under investigation for influence peddling in favor of one of the companies caught up in the massive kickback scheme.
Brazil Energy Insight 
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