The corruption scandal that’s ensnared not one, but three Peruvian presidents
LIMA, Peru — A day after tendering his resignation, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, the third Peruvian president to fall victim to Latin America’s rumbling corruption mega-scandal, appeared to be facing increasing legal jeopardy. According to local reports, prosecutors have requested that Kuczynski be barred from leaving the country until they finalize their investigations into his dealings with the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht SA, which has admittedpaying about $800 million in bribes to win public contracts in a dozen countries, mostly in Latin America. The move marks yet another humiliation for the 79-year-old center-right economist, whose surprise…Read more …