How to kill culture of corruption: axe friends, the Brazil way – The Wall Street Journal

EDINBURGH — As in South Africa, the pressure is on Brazil to excise corruption that is deep-rooted and has spread its tentacles across society.  Operation "Car Wash" kicked off in March 2014 and has seen many arrested and charged in Brazil and elsewhere in connection with bribery and related crimes. Brazil's popular former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is serving a sentence for corruption. Brazil's current president, Jair Bolsonaro, appears to be taking no prisoners, firing a top advisor amid accusations of fraud connected to campaign finance. As The Wall Street Journal underscores, graft does not impress investors: anti-corruption efforts appear to be linked to an uptick in the key Brazilian stock market index. – Jackie Cameron

Brazil's Bolsonaro Fires Key Adviser Amid Accusations of Campaign-Finance Fraud

By Paulo Trevisani and Jeffrey T. Lewis

BRASÍLIA—Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro fired a top adviser on Monday amid allegations of campaign-finance fraud, a scandal that could delay his administration's effort to revamp the country's sluggish economy.

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