Questionable Gas Deals Are Tarnishing Brazil President Dilma Rousseff

A series of questionable business dealings by Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras, the state-controlled oil company) has been affecting the standing of the president, Dilma Rousseff. Before taking office as president in 2011, when she was the chairperson of Petrobras, she appears to have signed off on one deal in 2006 that backfired badly, and this has called into question her managerial skills. The opposition is seeking to capitalize on Ms Rousseff's difficulties as campaigning for the October pres...