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The corruption charges keep coming...and another head may fall in President Dilma Rousseff's cabinet.
The weekly magazine VEJA alleges that Sports Minister Orlando Silva has been involved in continuing to divert millions from sports programs for poor children.
According to VEJA the siphoning has gone on for 8 years..and totals some $23 million.
Since taking office in January, Dilma's cabinet has lost five ministers, four over corruption charges revealed by the media.
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