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Lula's in Jail. Guess Who's Still Free?

By Brian Winter

Car Wash and similar corruption probes need to show the law applies to everyone.

If you want to understand why the Car Wash corruption investigation is at a crossroads, not just in Brazil but throughout Latin America, consider the following:

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in jail.

Fernando Collor is running for president again.

Collor, of course, was Brazil’s leader from 1990 to 1992, when he was impeached amid a truly epic corruption scandal involving a...

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