Best Quote: “It’s like we’ve realized this is a swamp, and everyone has one foot in the mud.” Pablo Collada, the director of Intelligent Citizen, an organization promoting transparency in politics.

Scandals are shaking one government after another this year in Latin America: the mysterious death of a prosecutor in Argentina, the ouster of Peru’s prime minister over a domestic spying operation, the revelations of a vast bribery scheme at Brazil’s national oil company.

Chile was long thought to be above such agitations, given its reputation as one of the region’s least corrupt nations. But a series of stunning scandals is placing the political establishment here in turmoil, suddenly raising doubts about a country that has been a darling of international finance institutions and exposing figures across the ideological spectrum to scorn. The most prominent target of criticism is President Michelle Bachelet, the 63-year-old pediatrician who returned to the presidency in 2014 on a platform of reducing inequality.