Brazil’s political climate began experiencing turmoil in 2014 when Brazilian judge Sergio Moro found money laundering and other forms of corruption taking place by Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned oil company, overall referred to as “Operation Carwash” (Lavajato) (Padgett). Although former President Dilma Rousseff was not directly linked to the scandal, many members of her political party, the Worker’s Party (PT), were found to be involved (Padgett). However, Rousseff was accused in early 2015 of illegally utilizing fiscal pedaling (“pedaladas”), as well as being cognizant of the corrupt dealings taking place between the Worker’s Party and Petrobras (Leme and Uribe). Ultimately, she was formally charged with “violating financial rules in
