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THE CORRUPTION ACROSS THE GLOBE🇧🇷: Around the globe, there have been many instances of politicians involved in scandals continuing to have successful electoral careers. One such example in Brazil is Paulo Maluf, who has been on Interpol's most-wanted list since 2011 for embezzling public funds and laundering millions of US dollars. Deutsche Bank has recently agreed to pay USD 20 million to settle charges of managing over USD 200 million from the scheme allegedly run by Maluf (Reuters 2014). Despite several convictions, the ex-mayor and ex-governor of São Paulo received the most votes for the position of federal deputy in 2006 and remains in power to this day, surviving both the courts and the ballot. In fact, there are many examples around the world of famous politicians being reelected despite judicial condemnations and serious allegations of malfeasance; examples include Suriname's President Desiré Bouterse, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and US Congressman Michael Grimm in New York.

Using observational data from Brazil we will explore this puzzle at the elite and aggregate levels. To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first to address the effect of campaign finance on lawmakers’ reputational losses from involvement in corruption.

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THE HISTORY 👩‍⚖️: Latin America is no stranger to attempted coups, and Bolivia even more so. The country tops the global rankings with 23 attempted coups since 1950, 12 of which have failed. But when he was taken into custody, Zúñiga insinuated that the coup was staged. He told the press that Arce had asked him to “prepare something” to “boost his popularity”.

His remarks have been seized upon by the opposition which has demanded a parliamentary inquiry into the claims. In Bolivia’s southern neighbour Argentina, the government of right-wing president, Javier Milei, also declared the coup attempt “fraudulent”.

Despite high levels of waste and corruption, the measures led to rapid economic and social development. Bolivia’s economy has tripled in size over the past 15 years, and poverty has been cut in half. The proportion of Bolivians living on less than US$2 (£1.58) a day fell from 45% in 2003 to 19% a decade later, while income inequality dropped substantially.

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Bolivia: fake or real, the attempted coup exposes the country’s deep underlying turmoil As the dust settles on the attempted coup in Bolivia, people are pointing the finger at the country’s president.

THE CORRUPTION ACROSS THE GLOBE👩🏻‍✈️: Gonzalo “Goni” Sanchez de Lozada was President of Bolivia from August 1993 to August 1997 and from August 2002 to October 2003. During his first term, Lozada oversaw the sale of state industries, provoking widespread domestic criticism based on allegations that these sales were corrupt and were made to companies with which he had close personal ties.

According to Transparency International’s 2013 Global Corruption Barometer, 86 percent of citizens believed the police were corrupt or extremely corrupt, and 76 percent labeled the country’s judiciary as corrupt or extremely corrupt. Transparency International ranked Bolivia 106 out of 177 countries in its 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index. Transparency International ranked Bolivia 118 out of 183 countries in its 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index. Thirty percent of Bolivians surveyed by Transparency International reported paying at least one bribe in 2010.

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Bolivia - Corruption Corruption continues to be a serious problem in Bolivia. Bolivians view the state as hopelessly corrupt, but are nonetheless willing again to hand it the reins and resources of an even greater sergment of the economy -- vastly expanding the opportunities for government corruption. Morales won the De...

THE CORRUPTION ACROSS THE GLOBE 🚧: Corruption, especially in the form of political manipulation, is a high risk in the judiciary. Companies report that exchanges of irregular payments and bribes to obtain favorable judicial decisions often occur (GCR 2015-2016). With the exception of the Supreme Court, the judicial system can be subject to political interference, especially in provincial courts (FitW 2015). In early 2015, Argentinians took to the streets in a huge march to demonstrate their discontent with the lack of judicial independence (Reuters, Feb. 2015).

Companies demonstrate a low confidence in the efficiency of Argentina's judiciary in settling disputes and in challenging regulations (GCR 2015-2016).



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THE HISTORY 🚧: A 1976 coup led to Argentina’s last period of military dictatorship, which ended in 1983. The dictatorship-era government focused security resources on repressing political opposition, leaving space for organized crime to quietly take root in various forms.
The 2000s also saw Argentina’s role as a money laundering center continue to develop. A leaked 2009 cable from the US State Department described Argentina as being “ripe for exploitation” by criminal interests due to what it described as “near complete absence of enforcement coupled with a culture of impunity and corruption.” In 2010, the Financial Action Task Force, an international anti-money laundering group, strongly criticized Argentina for failing to meet standards and added it to a “gray list” as a warning to make improvements. The task force removed Argentina from the gray list in 2014 after it bolstered its efforts on money laundering, and the issue remains a priority for officials today. In the latest report published by the State Department in 2021, Argentina is listed as one of the “major money laundering jurisdictions.”

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Argentina Profile Despite Argentina's prominent role as a drug transit and consumption point, the country does not suffer from high levels of violence.

THE HISTORY ⛑: In recent times, Trinidad and Tobago has found itself grappling with an unsettling surge in crime, a challenge that transcends traditional boundaries and has prompted global concern. With over two homicides per day in 2024, including alarming incidents of public shootings and broad daylight attacks, the severity of the situation cannot be overstated.

The impact on communities is profound, with businesses and citizens facing escalating security costs and fearing for their lives, the spectre of crime influencing international partnerships.


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Combating crime: A call to community action - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday In recent times, Trinidad and Tobago has found itself grappling with an unsettling surge in crime, a challenge that transcends traditional boundaries and has prompted global concern. With over two homicides per day in 2024, including alarming incidents of public shootings and broad daylight attacks,...

THE HISTORY 🚨: While much of the American mediasphere has been fixated on the Democratic primaries and the intense escalation of U.S. tensions with Iran over the last month, Puerto Rico has faced an unrelenting series of unfortunate events.
Since December 28th, 2019, more than 500 earthquakes registering magnitude 2.0 or higher have hit Puerto Rico and the surrounding region; on January 7th, a 6.4 quake plunged almost the entire island into blackout just as Hurricane Maria had two years earlier.

It is important to note the damaging passivity of the American federal government in handling the needs of the Puerto Rican people. Since 2017, US agencies have provided only a fraction of the US$91 billion in aid Puerto Rico was estimated to have needed for an adequate recovery process.

Additionally, President Trump has not approved Puerto Rico’s request for a major disaster declaration, blocking the way for additional federal funding. Sadly, this neglect is characteristic of the treatment of Puerto Rico by the United States since the island became a commonwealth in 1952.


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“Ripe for Corruption”: Understanding Governmental Mismanagement in Puerto Rico – McGill Journal of Political Studies While much of the American mediasphere has been fixated on the Democratic primaries and the intense escalation of U.S. tensions with Iran over the last month, Puerto Rico has faced an unrelenting series of unfortunate events. Since December 28th, 2019, more than 500 earthquakes registering magnitude...

THE HISTORY👮🏽‍♀️: In Jamaica, for example, corruption’s negative and long-lasting effects extend to individuals. Corruption is a serious issue affecting politics, law enforcement, judicial rulings, health care, gender issues and sexual harassment, exploitation of the poor, and even day-to-day living. The international corruption perception score for Jamaica in 2013 was 38 out of 100 (Aarons 2014).

At a national level, serious socioeconomic concerns are going unanswered, including poverty and inequality with public funds being directed elsewhere. The result is political instability, mistrust, and widespread fear. Class issues make it even more of a problem and corruption is spreading.

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The Effect of Corruption on Individuals in Jamaica By Jeff Pizzino, APR, Corporate Communications – At the core of corruption is self-indulgence. When power is exploited and self-indulgence is fed, self

THE CORRUPTION ACROSS THE GLOBE👨🏻‍⚖️: Government corruption is widely understood in the minds of Jamaican voters. According to an article published in The Gleaner, a popular Jamaican newspaper, surveys “constantly show that upwards of 70% of Jamaicans believe they live in a corrupt country” (Gleaner, 2020). Corruption cripples democratic thinking, and instills a level of fear in citizens who wish to exercise democratic participation. This was exemplified perfectly in Jamaica’s most recent election, as it had one of the lowest voter turnouts in Jamaican history at 37% (BBC 2020)

This fear to express political opinion contributes to the notion of Jamaica as a “flawed democracy”, a rating given to the nation by the Economist Intelligence Unit in 2016. Far before Jamaica received this title, there were already multiple chinks in the armor of democracy.



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THE CORRUPTION ACROSS THE GLOBE 🛟 : ” In his book, The Big Truck That Went By: How the World Came to Save Haiti and Left Behind a Disaster, he claims Canada disbursed $657 million in the 20 months since the quake, but only about two per cent was channelled to the Haitian government.
Port-au-Prince architect Philippe Léon says the political turmoil and instability has hindered rebuilding efforts. He points to the number of times the government has changed hands; three different presidents and an interim government in the last decade.

“One hundred to 150 years of construction was destroyed, including the presidential palace that was nearly 100 years old,” he said. “It wouldn’t take five to 10 years to rebuild.”

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Haiti 10 years later: What happened to the billions pledged to help the people of Haiti? | Globalnews.ca Journalist says “what failed was the system. This should be a wakeup call.”

THE HISTORY 🚔: The agency pursued 10 unrelated investigations, finding alleged corruption in places including two schools, three mayors' offices and three government agencies.
Also in the north, a former mayor of Saint-Raphael was accused of paying a company more than $15,000 (2 million gourdes) for a soccer field and reading center that were never built. The anti-corruption agency said it tried to track down the company's officials but the physical address provided did not exist.

The agency accused the former director of a school in Maissade in central Haiti of diverting $15,000 (more than 2 million gourdes), alleging he had only 735 students instead of the 1,004 registered.

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Haiti Reveals 'Colossal Loss' of $4M Worth of Corruption 30-page report details corruption at a time when state infrastructure is collapsing amid political instability and deepening poverty

CORRUPTION ACROSS THE GLOBE 🌏: The French government spends €70 million each year cracking down on illegal gold mining in French Guiana, a struggle that has cost the lives of five French servicemen since 2019. But these efforts are being sabotaged by a powerful logistical system, mostly made up of Chinese players supporting the garimpeiros (illegal gold miners), according to a research note published by the Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS) on Thursday, September 7. "While Brazilian gold miners mainly conduct illicit activities in French Guiana, they are made possible by Chinese stakeholders playing an essential, albeit indirect, role," reads the note, signed by researchers Simon Menet and Antoine Bondaz.

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Chinese entrepreneurs involved in illegal gold mining in French Guiana, says report The smuggling of almost 10 tonnes of ore a year is facilitated by extensive logistics provided by contractors based in neighboring Suriname, according to the Foundation for Strategic Research.