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Bolsonaro Faces Criminal Charges
On February 18, Brazilian prosecutors charged former President Jair Bolsonaro with overseeing an aborted scheme to poison Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and retain power despite losing the 2022 election. The charges were not unexpected, and Bolsonaro was already banned from running in 2026.
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Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more