Christopher Sabatini is the senior research fellow for Latin America at Chatham House. He is also a senior professor of practice and senior visiting fellow at London School of Economics’ School of Public Policy.
Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff speaks to journalists next to Health minister Marcelo Castro after visiting the National Center for Coordination and Control of Aedes aegypti mosquito, in Brasilia, Brazil on January 29, 2016. AFP PHOTO / ANDRESSA ANHOLETE / AFP / Andressa Anholete (Photo credit should read ANDRESSA ANHOLETE/AFP/Getty Images)
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez (R) and Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva wave during the South America-Africa (ASA) Strategic Presidential Committee, in Caracas, August 6, 2010. AFP PHOTO/Miguel Gutierrez (Photo credit should read MIGUEL GUTIERREZ/AFP/Getty Images)