Drug Trade and Corruption in Latin America: The Facts
Weed is the number one drug
that is trafficked from Latin
America to the United States of
America and other some other
countries. This comes from
Mexico and Columbia which are
two of the main forces that have
cartels who nearly control their
country.
Dilma Vana Rousseff is a
Brazilian economist and
politician who served as the 36th
President of Brazil, holding the
position from 2011 until her
impeachment and removal from
office on 31 August 2016,
becoming the first
democratically-elected female
President in the world to be
impeached and removed.
From the corruption index of 2014
ranking in order from worst
corruption to least corrupt.
Paraguay, Mexico, Bolivia,
venezuela, Peru, Ecuador and so
on. The corruption Index tests the
corruption of countries based off
facts looked over by experts. The
countries listed rank near or on the
same level as Russia and many
African countries making them
among the worst in the world.
Pictured right is the last topic that rings true to
poor government support in Latin American
countries. People riot against lack of
government support and then proceed to be
beaten by a police force that is poorly funded by
the government as well. Millions each week for
the past years have gathered on the streets to
fight for a better country on all levels.