RIO DE JANEIRO: Former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso on Sunday said Congress should investigate a growing scandal surrounding the controversial 2006 purchase by oil giant Petrobras of a Texas refinery.

The controversy has deepened in recent days over the nature of a purchase authorized in 2006, when current President Dilma Rousseff chaired the state firm’s board of directors.

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