In Venezuela, a series of corruption scandals opened a power vacuum that Hugo Chávez easily filled with populist appeals, leading to to an authoritarian government that, by the time of his death, oversaw a country racked by crises.
When the U.N.-backed group that had investigated Molina began looking into Morales as well, he expelled it from the country.
The United States has not had a massive corruption scandal that sent politicians to courtrooms and jail cells and decimated faith in its political parties.
That kind of institutional weakness creates an opening for outsider politicians who might once have been kept out of politics by robust political parties.
In Italy, Berlusconi presided over and helped maintain decades of weak coalition governments and political turmoil, not to mention the multiple corruption scandals he landed in.
Persons:
Bolsonaro, Hugo Chávez, Otto Pérez Molina, Jimmy Morales, ”, Molina, Morales, Trump, Berlusconi
Organizations:
United, Republican Party
Locations:
Venezuela, Guatemala, United States, Italy