UPDATE 1-Odebrecht, Braskem plead guilty in U.S. after Brazil bribe probe

NEW YORK, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Brazilian construction firm

Odebrecht SA and affiliated petrochemical company

Braskem SA pleaded guilty in a U.S. court on

Wednesday to violating American foreign bribery laws as part of

a more than $3 billion deal resolving a sweeping corruption

probe of Brazil's state oil company.

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