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Brazil's Rousseff hit by new accusations
http://news.yahoo.com/brazils-rousseff-fires-back-graft-allegations-230239569.htmlRio de Janeiro (AFP) - A Brazilian senator facing charges in an explosive corruption scandal said that President Dilma Rousseff "knew everything" about the scheme, deepening the political crisis dividing the Latin American giant.
Senator Delcidio do Amaral, a former Senate leader for the ruling Workers' Party, said in an interview that embattled ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva masterminded the graft scheme at state oil company Petrobras and that Rousseff used some of the proceeds to fund her presidential campaigns.
"Lula directly negotiated the appointment of Petrobras's directors with the different parties in Congress and knew exactly what the parties did with the directorships, mainly in terms of financing their campaigns," Amaral told weekly magazine Veja.
"Dilma inherited and benefitted directly from this system."
