University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository NotiSur Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) 4-7-2006 Brazilian Mininster Steps Down After Corruption Charges LADB Staff Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/notisur Recommended Citation LADB Staff. "Brazilian Mininster Steps Down After Corruption Charges." (2006). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/notisur/13476 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Latin America Digital Beat (LADB) at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in NotiSur by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. LADB Article Id: 51763 ISSN: 1060-4189 Brazilian Mininster Steps Down After Corruption Charges by LADB Staff Category/Department: Brazil Published: 2006-04-07 Brazilian Finance Minister Antonio Palocci stepped down from his post on March 27 after an investigation into corruption allegations against him made his life "hell," in his words. Guido Mantega, president of the Banco Nacional do Desenvolvimento Economico e Social (BNDES), took over the position of finance minister. Investors view the position as the most important ministerial post and had seen Palocci as their "guarantee" of fiscal stability in the Brazilian government, so Brazilian markets and the value of the national currency, the real, dove in the days following news of his resignation. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva may also face political consequences from the incident. Palocci implicated in misuse of bank records Palocci, commonly known as the architect of Brazil's economic recovery and market-friendly fiscal policy, sent a resignation letter on March 27 to President Lula, who accepted the resignation.