A Brazilian Virus Called Odebrecht
(WorldNews Africa)

Over the last 73 years, Odebrecht has become the leading construction company in Latin America, currently active in 27 countries worldwide. Odebrecht has helped usher in a new era of modern infrastructure development in the Americas. They have built state-of-the-art highways in Colombia, power plants in the Dominican Republic, canals and aqueducts in Ecuador, the metro in Panama City, and hydroelectric plants in Peru. The company’s presence is not limited to Latin America. Odebrecht has been awarded high-profile development projects in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East. However, few imagined that behind this successful business empire laid hidden an entrenched corruption scheme that...