Latin America

Is Lula da Silva Done For?

For the past four years Brazil has been the center of a massive internal corruption probes.  The largest probe, Operacao Lava Jato (Operation Car Wash), has led to prison sentences of top business executives and

Latin America

Venezuela: In the Midst of a Crises

In 1998 Hugo Chávez was elected president of Venezuela.  He ran on a populist platform that pledged to use the country’s vast oil wealth to reduce poverty and punish the country’s elites.  By the time