[The corruption scandal started in Brazil. Odebrecht is at the center of what has become Latin America’s biggest corruption scandal, with politicians across the region facing allegations of graft. Its disapproval rating is 82 percent, according to a new survey by polling firm GFK, an indication of how generalized corruption, and the Odebrecht scandal in particular, have ravaged Peruvians’ faith in their elected leaders. Pardon of Peru’s Fujimori brings his powerful family back into the spotlightPeru’s glaciers have made it a laboratory for adapting to climate change. A corruption scandal wrecked Brazil’s economy.

Source: Washington Post March 22, 2018 21:24 UTC