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Alan García's suicide in Peru and the Odebrecht scandal

The political tornado that is Odebrecht in Latin America continues tearing through the region with the suicide of former Peruvian president Alan García. Español

Alan García's suicide in Peru and the Odebrecht scandal
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The political tornado that is Odebrecht in Latin America continues tearing through the region.

With the suicide of former Peruvian president Alan García, who before being detained decided to shoot himself in the head, there is no end in sight to the consequences of the illegal contracts linked to the construction company. It is one of the greatest corruption scandals in Latin American history, and we are still far from discovering the full scope of the problem.

Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Venezuela and Peru are just a few of the countries that have been sucked into this huge network of bribes since a Brazilian judge uncovered the scandal in 2014.