Weekly Report - 24 February 2022 (WR-22-08)

PERU: Humala in the dock

ANDEAN COUNTRIES by Patrick de Courcy 24 February 2022 4579 views

The virtual trial of Peru’s former president Ollanta Humala (2011-2016) began on 21 February. The leftist-turned-neoliberal ex-president is accused of money laundering in relation to illegal campaign donations received from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht with the alleged backing of the leftist Brazilian president Lula da Silva (2003-2010), and also from Venezuela’s former president Hugo Chávez (1999-2013).

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