SAO PAULO, Oct. 24 (UPI) -- Days before Brazil's presidential runoff, incumbent Dilma Rousseff is attempting to combat negative press regarding her alleged awareness of a financial scandal at the government-controlled Petroleo Brasileiro SA, also known as Petrobras.
The popular Veja magazine reported Thursday that Rousseff and her predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, were aware that Petrobras was embezzling public funds and funneling money to politicians in the Workers Party.