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		</div><p>Venezuela&#8217;s recently ousted chief prosecutor has accused President Nicolas Maduro of participating in acts of corruption, saying she would turn over proof that would help other countries prosecute.</p>
<p>Luisa Ortega Diaz spoke during a meeting of Mercosur trade bloc prosecutors in the capital of Brasilia.</p>
<p>She was removed by a new, pro-government constitutional assembly in early August after breaking with the socialist government.</p>
<p>Ms Ortega fled abroad with her husband, whose arrest was ordered by the country&#8217;s supreme court.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;I want to denounce, in front of the world, a grave situation in Venezuela: that of excessive corruption,&#8221;</i> she said.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;Because of that reason, (Maduro&#8217;s administration) is violating the constitution and law to protect itself.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Ms Ortega said she had evidence implicating Maduro and other top officials in corruption involving Brazilian constructor Odebrecht and other companies, which she did not name.</p>
<p>However, she did not publicly give details.</p>
<p>Odebrecht has been at the centre of the massive &#8220;Car Wash&#8221; probe in Brazil involving kickbacks for contracts.</p>
<p>Over the past three years, dozens of Brazil&#8217;s top politicians and businessmen have been jailed, including former Odebrecht chief executive Marcelo Odebrecht.</p>
<p>The investigation has led to prosecutions in several countries in Latin America where Odebrecht and other Brazilian construction companies operated.</p>
<p>Even if Ms Ortega possesses strong evidence, however, it is not clear whether it could hurt Mr Maduro&#8217;s administration, which is already alienated from many of the region&#8217;s countries.</p>
<p>While Brazil shares information with other countries related to the &#8220;Car Wash&#8221; investigation, authorities say they leave the prosecution of foreign nationals to justice officials in those countries.</p>
<p>Ms Ortega&#8217;s visit came a day after Mr Maduro claimed that she was working with Washington to damage his administration and said Venezuela would ask for an international arrest warrant for her.</p>
<p>It was not immediately known if that had been requested or if it would even be considered.</p>
<p>The Mercosur trade bloc has suspended Venezuela due to the crisis there.</p>
<p>Before Ms Ortega spoke, Brazil Attorney General Rodrigo Janot described her ouster as an &#8220;an institutional rape&#8221; that eroded the independence of Venezuela&#8217;s justice system.</p>
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