El Comercio names the senior Peruvian politicians involved in big Odebrecht scandal
... "tracking polls."The success of U.S. policy to "realign" Latin America that started with a $10 billion investment in Plan Colombia in 1999 is evidenced by the fact that the Amazon is the new Rio Grande, and that Washington treats Mexico as a "lesser" (Trump's view).Washington under Trump views its southern neighbor as being part of the North American "space" and in terms of realpolitik, there is little that "Latin America" can do to change that.Perhaps the best takeaway in light of the political anomie that has cast a cloud over participatory democracy in the region is to remember that rebranded "yes you can" Obama reminded his audiences of ...