Candidates from half the world seek to reach or stay in power with one objective: it is the only way to avoid ending up in jail. In Brazil, Bolsonaro wants to be president so as not to be imprisoned.
In Venezuela, Maduro and his kleptomaniacs know that some form of justice awaits them with their mouths open as soon as they lose an election. The problem is what societies pay when they become hostages to the guilt of their leaders: they pay first for the excesses of those leaders, and then what the leaders must do to avoid the consequences of their excesses.