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The biggest corruption scandal in Latin America’s history

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00:02

This is Comperj.

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The biggest petrochemical complex in Brazil.

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It’s located in Itaboraí, a small city in the state of Rio de Janeiro.

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The multibillion dollar project launched in 2008 and the plan was to open in 2011.

00:15

Thousands of Brazilians moved there to work.

00:18

But it’s 2018, and Comperj never opened.

00:23

Construction of the complex stopped in 2015, after it became a symbol of the largest corruption

00:28

scandal in Brazil’s history -- Operation Car Wash.

00:32

Hundreds of prominent Brazilians including CEOs, members of Congress and even a former

00:37

President have been implicated.

00:39

Some of Brazil’s largest companies lost billions of dollars and the country slid further

00:43

into recession.

00:46

Four years since it broke, the scandal is still rippling through Brazil, leaving places

00:51

like Itaboraí devastated in its wake.

01:26

Itaboraí was the perfect place for one of Brazil’s most ambitious energy projects.

01:31

It had the space for 2 refineries and a petrochemical plant - spanning 45 square kilometers.

01:37

It’s also close to Brazil’s newly discovered natural gas fields off the coast of Rio and

01:41

Sao Paulo.

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When the project launched, it was estimated that Comperj would generate 200,000 direct

01:47

and indirect jobs in the area.

01:49

Itaboraí became a boomtown.

01:52

In 2010, 50,000 people moved there, 160 new businesses opened, and Itaboraí’s population

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