“I’m very skeptical,” says COA's Eric Farnsworth pointing out to the massive engineering and environmental challenges to overcome to build the canal.

"If China is about to slow down even more, then [one] can realistically expect commensurate consequences in places like Brazil, Peru, Colombia and elsewhere," comments AS/COA's Brian Winter.

Brazil’s former president explains how Carter has been a selfless friend of Latin America since the 1970s.

The country’s elections have become a backdrop to a dramatic scandal engulfing the presidency.