RIO DE JANEIRO/SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's Ambev SA on Thursday denied a report that the beverage giant had made "inappropriate payments" to two former presidents to prevent an increase in beverage taxes, calling the allegations "false and incoherent."
Brazilian newspaper Estado de S. Paulo earlier reported that Antonio Palocci, a jailed former finance minister, had said in plea bargain testimony that the company made the payments to former presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff.
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