Peru Leader Could Be Biggest to Fall in Latin America Graft Scandal<br />Latin America said that As in Brazil, they’re not pursuing corruption charges to clean<br />Peru of corruption, they’re using the charges to remove their enemies from power,<br />"There are no formal charges, no accusation under the Constitution — they say ‘you’re out’ and<br />that is not the Peru that we want." The projects in Peru were only the tip of the iceberg for Odebrecht, which admitted last year to bribes of around $800 million from Mexico to Angola, even maintaining a separate division that managed the payoffs.<br />The transaction was revealed last week in a disclosure to Congress which said Westfield Capital, a company<br />owned by Mr. Kuczynski, had taken the money from Odebrecht in exchange for consulting services.<br />Eduardo Dargent said that He knew this was kryptonite,<br />Peru’s Congress is set to open impeachment proceedings against Mr. Kuczynski on charges<br />that he improperly received $782,000 from Odebrecht through a company he owned.<br />"We thought Kuczynski would be different, but now we are disappointed<br />and waiting with anxiety for Thursday to see what they tell us." In comparison to the $4 million for the road, the payments the president’s company is accused of accepting appear relatively small.
