--- description: Brazil's Transparency Minister resigned after recordings were made public that suggest he tried to stymie a corruption investigation title: Brazil's Anti-Corruption Minister Resigns image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77556d7aa251847b/69889582cd1bba28cc700e70/ap_16151637410936.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [brazil](/tag/brazil/) ## brazil Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Brazil's Anti-Corruption Minister Resigns After Secret Recordings Surface by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 31, 2016 5:24 AM CUT  Ministerial staff use brooms to scrub the office door of Transparency Minister Fabiano Silveira in Brasília on May 30, 2016, demanding his resignation Ministerial staff use brooms to scrub the office door of Transparency Minister Fabiano Silveira in Brasília on May 30, 2016, demanding his resignationEraldo Peres—AP by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 31, 2016 5:24 AM CUT Brazil’s Transparency Minister Fabiano Silveira [resigned](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-idUSKCN0YL1SB "undefined") Monday after recordings that were made public suggested he tried to stymie a corruption investigation. In the recordings, Silveira seems to be heard advising Senate leader Renan Calheiros on how to protect himself from the massive corruption investigation into state-controlled oil company, Petrobras. He also seems to criticize the probe’s prosecutors, according to Reuters. Silveira is the second minister to fall from the Cabinet of interim President Michel Temer. Last week, Planning Minister Romero Jucá [stepped down](http://time.com/4345905/brazil-minister-petrobras-scandal-romero-juca/?iframe=true&preview=true "undefined") after a recording from the same leaked tapes suggested he too plotted to curb the corruption investigation. Both Jucá and Silveira have said the recordings, made secretly by a former oil executive as part of a plea bargain, were taken out of context. The tainted ministers were appointed by Temer when he temporarily took over the presidency from Dilma Rousseff on May 12\. Rousseff was [suspended](http://time.com/4327408/brazil-senate-dilma-rousseff-suspended/ "undefined") for up to 180 days after Brazil’s Senate voted that she face an impeachment trial for allegedly violating budget laws. She has [said](http://time.com/4268758/dilma-rousseff-brazil-impeachment/ "undefined") she is the victim of a “coup.” \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-corruption-idUSKCN0YL1SB "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4351909/brazil-corruption-minister-investigation/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4351909/brazil-corruption-minister-investigation/"},"headline":"Brazil's Anti-Corruption Minister Resigns After Secret Recordings Surface","datePublished":"2016-05-31T05:24:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:55:35.138Z","description":"Fabiano Silveira is the second minister to fall","url":"https://time.com/4351909/brazil-corruption-minister-investigation/","keywords":["brazil","Dilma Rousseff","corruption","Investigation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77556d7aa251847b/69889582cd1bba28cc700e70/ap_16151637410936.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark Rivett-Carnac","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/mark-rivett-carnac/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt77556d7aa251847b/69889582cd1bba28cc700e70/ap_16151637410936.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"APTOPIX Brazil Political Crisis","caption":"APTOPIX Brazil Political Crisis","creditText":"Eraldo Peres—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/brazil/","name":"brazil"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4351909/brazil-corruption-minister-investigation/","name":"Brazil's Anti-Corruption Minister Resigns After Secret Recordings Surface"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Brazil's President Has Been Impeached","description":"Brazil's Senate has decided to impeach President Dilma Rousseff.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/FlvN5wVv/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-05-12T11:09:06.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FlvN5wVv.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4351909/brazil-corruption-minister-investigation/","duration":"PT1M3S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4351909/brazil-corruption-minister-investigation/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```