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Business Matters: Brazil President 'Won't Quit' over Bribe Claim

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19/05/2017 GMT

Brazil President 'Won't Quit' over Bribe Claim

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Brazil President 'Won't Quit' over Bribe Claim

President Temer faces investigation after being accused of corruption.

President Michel Temer of Brazil says that he has done nothing wrong following accusations that he'd authorised illegal payments to secure the silence of a potential witness to a huge corruption scandal. Freelance journalist Karla Mendes is based in Rio de Janeiro - and she watched the president's defiant broadcast.

It is estimated that thirty percent of food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted after being harvested. Food in storage is vulnerable to animal infestations and food in transit can rot if it's held up en route. Post-harvest loss is an issue on the minds of many Kenyan farmers, as the BBC's Michael Kaloki reports.

The British Prime Minister, Theresa May, has launched the ruling Conservative Party's manifesto. What isn't yet clear is how voters will respond to Brexit plans.  Edwin Lane has been to South Wales, traditionally Labour territory party - but where a comfortable majority voted to leave the European Union.

The BBC's Michelle Fleury is in Mexico to assess the threat  the North America Free Trade Agreement has on the booming car industry and the BBC's Phil Mercer discusses the business headlines from Sydney.

Fergus Nicoll is joined for comment throughout the programme by Lisa Gilbert, director of Public Citizen's Congress Watch Division in Washington and economist and journalist Paranjoy Thakurta from Mumbai.

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