Exchange Operation

National Attorney General Roberto Nascimento and his beloved Nina Moreira apparently formed a couple who were experiencing a period of peace. Even though they lived in different cities, they saw each other relatively often. His second term was less tumultuous than the first, during which General Cleaning Operation in Pindoretama was launched. Many people were already serving time, or at least they had been arrested or were responding to several lawsuits. It seemed that everything was under relative control.

         It was what it looked like, but this was not, however, their reality. One careless move and it could all come crashing down. There were a lot of people trying to take revenge from them. His enemies would not leave him alone. They knew that. Even an assassination attempt against the attorney had already happened. So, any slip could be fatal. Not only in the professional field but also in personal life.

         Nina could cause a lot because of their love. Even for a woman of her own mind like her, there were limits she knew she shouldn't go over. Would he be able to perceive this and stop when necessary? This was an issue that would become central to their lives.

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         Roberto participated in the trials of the Supreme Court of Justice as a member of the Public Ministry. These sessions were far from routine, as they used to be before General Cleaning Operation. The nation's eyes were on TV Cidadã. The trials were followed by the population with great interest. It was as if each of them were a soap opera chapter, only instead of fiction, they were real life. For the Attorney General, the sessions had a taste of victory, because getting there had been the result of his work and that of many people who believed that he could change the country.

         Pindoretama is a relatively new country, with a history of coups d'état, and short intervals of democracy. The political class has always made deals with the economic and financial elite to maintain privileges and dealings. In general, government officials acted as servants to large corporate corporations, with their backs to the needs of the people. It had always been like that, and there was nothing that could change this situation, it was said. It was what the people called the “oligarchic pact” between part of the political class, part of the business community and part of the state bureaucracy.

         Until Operation Malão* started to change the course of this story. It was the first criminal action of the Supreme Court of Justice to have important political defendants from various parties as defendants. When everyone thought they had seen the worst side of politics, police operations began that put great businessmen and influential politicians in jail.