As Brazil’s high-profile political corruption investigation ‘Operation Car Wash’ enters its third year, the inquiry’s scale is shaking the country’s government to its core. On April 11, one day before its scheduled release, Brazilian media obtained a copy of the list of politicians whose cases will go on to be examined by Brazil’s courts.

The Canadian government has suspended imports from two Brazilian meat producers under investigation for allegedly doctoring and selling rotten meat while paying officials to turn a blind eye.

Six months after Rio de Janeiro hosted the Olympic Games and poured tens of millions of dollars into security to make the streets safer, the turf war between police and organized criminal gangs for control of the city's slums appears to be over.