Brazil Grants Diplomatic Asylum to Nadine Heredia

Brazil’s government announced on Tuesday that it would grant diplomatic asylum to Nadine Heredia, the former first lady of Peru and wife of former president Ollanta Humala. In response, Peru’s government issued travel documents to enable her to travel to Brazil. The move follows a court decision that ordered Heredia to serve a 15-year prison sentence on charges of money laundering tied to illicit funds used in campaign financing connected to the Odebrecht scandal. This development was reported by Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which confirmed the asylum decision and the provision of protective travel measures. The case concerns allegations that illicit money flowed into Peruvian political campaigns in the years 2006 and 2011, with links to Odebrecht and Venezuelan sources.