International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol. 10 • No. 3 • March 2020 doi:10.30845/ijhss.v10n3p3 Nuances of the Odebrecht Case Coverage by American, Brazilian, Latin American and European Media: Criminalization of Corruption or Ideology? Dr. Alvaro Nunes LARANGEIRA Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná (UTP) Rua Sydnei Antonio Rangel Santos, 238 82010-330 - Curitiba – PR – Brasil
[email protected] Dr. Franco IACOMINI JR. Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste (Unicentro) Rua Padre Salvatore Renna, 875 85015-430 - Guarapuava – PR – Brasil
[email protected] Dr. Tarcis PRADO JR. Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná (UTP) Rua Sydnei Antonio Rangel Santos, 238 82010-330 - Curitiba – PR – Brasil
[email protected] Dr. Moisés CARDOSO Universidade Regional de Blumenau (FURB) Rua Antônio da Veiga, 140 89030-903 – Blumenau – SC – Brasil
[email protected] Msc. Antonio Carlos Persegani FLORENZANO Universidade Tuiuti do Paraná (UTP) Rua Sydnei Antonio Rangel Santos, 238 82010-330 - Curitiba – PR – Brasil
[email protected] Abstract: Brazilian construction company Odebrecht is present in 25 countries, such as the United States, Mexico, Panama, Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Argentina, Angola, Mozambique, Portugal and Germany. The United States Department of State considers the case of the Brazilian company as the “greatest case of global corruption in history”, due to the payment of US $ 1 billion in bribes to political parties and governments in 12 countries, and the episode played a decisive role. in the Brazilian impeachment of ex-president Dilma Rousseff. The media approach of Odebrecht case's has presented analytical nuances related to the mentioned countries. Reports on socialist Cuba, Bolivarian Venezuela and progressive Ecuador associate Odebrecht's shadowy procedures with the central core of the respective governments, while in the case of right-wing and center-right governments corruption reaches only the lower echelons, disregarding the central power.