LatamPolitik: Lula Returns, Copper Boom and Immigration

The Return of Lula

What’s old: This story, of course, begins with Operação Lava Jato. Originally a money laundering investigation, Lava Jato, or Car Wash, eventually ensnared multiple officials in at least 11 different countries, perhaps none as notable or surprising as Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president from 2002-2010 and the presumptive fron…