Rio de Janeiro—Brazilian Energy Minister Silas Rondeau appeared to have his job hanging by a thread late May 22 after two closed-door meetings with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in which Rondeau defended himself against suspicions, which emerged over the weekend, that he accepted a 51,000 bribe in a kickback scheme for government electricity contracts.
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机译:里约热内卢—巴西能源部长西拉斯·隆多(Silas Rondeau)在与总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦(Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva)举行两次闭门会议后,似乎在5月22日晚因工作悬而未决,朗多在这次会议上为自己辩护,以免在周末出现怀疑。他接受了一项回扣计划中的51,000贿赂,用于政府电力合同。
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