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Brazilian ex-speaker sentenced to 15 years for corruption

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AFP Rio De Janeiro
The once powerful speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress Eduardo Cunha was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for corruption.

The sentence, detailed in a court document signed by leading anti-corruption judge Sergio Moro, was a landmark in Brazil's ongoing struggle with rampant high-level embezzlement and bribery.

Until his arrest last year, Cunha was one of the most influential politicians in Brazil and an architect of the impeachment of leftist president Dilma Rousseff.

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First Published: Mar 30 2017 | 11:42 PM IST

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