The ex-president of Brazil, Lula de Silva’s political career will be drawing to a close thanks to a supreme court ruling. He was convicted on the charge of corruption and must serve a 12 year jail sentence for his crimes. He was president of Brazil from 2003-2011, and was going to run in the elections in October. He tried to ask the courts to delay his sentence so he could run, but that was denied. He was convicted guilty of corruption and money laundering in July of 2017, charges he denies and claims “political persecution”. His conviction started an investigation into the state run oil company Petrobras, called “Operation Car Wash”. He supposedly accepted bribes from his beachfront apartment. He had an approval rating of over 80%.
More than half of Venezuelans between the ages of 15 to 29 wish to move abroad permanently. Basics things like food and medicines are unavailable in Venezuela, and people who live and work in Venezuela can’t buy them in another country because of inflation. Many people have to buy medicine through contacts from other countries or through the black market because the hospitals simply doing have what they need to care for patients.