For the third time, our reporters are working for Geraldo. Geraldo was madmundo’s first ‘citizen-investigator’ in 1998, in Geraldo: Why Did I Lose My Job? In a second investigation, he asked: Who Benefits from Profit? Four years later Geraldo, like many Brazilians, was ecstatic when Luis Inacio Lula da Silva became the elected President of Brazil. New hope and new faith in the future was celebrated on all the Avenidas of Brazil. Imagine then the confusion, deep disappointment, and even disillusion of Geraldo when the great corruption scandal of 2005 (the Mensalão scandal) engulfed Lula’s government.

Geraldo wants to know, with equal curiosity as the first time, why does corruption in government appear so inevitable? How could it have happened to such a patently honest leader? Is Brazil the most corrupt country in the Word, or are ther worse? Has any country found effective ways to tackle it? How can ordinary citizen-voters become involved in anti-corruption campaigns and activities?