Edward Lynch, The Hill: Latin American democracy is crumbling under corruption
Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski recently resigned on the eve of an impeachment vote over his administration’s corruption. In Brazil, there are seemingly endless scandals involving purchased government favoritism for Petrobras and Odebrecht. Eight former Mexican governors face charges for corruption. Transparency International rates the region as one of the worst in the world for dealing with government officials. Even more than Latin America’s swing to the left 10 years ago, corruption threatens to bring misery and insecurity to the region. Corrupt nations do not attract the foreign investment the region desperately needs.
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WNU Editor: When one looks at the high hopes that the entire region had at the end of the 1980s .... it is a shame to see how much the entire region has fallen into despair, poverty, and violence. And while the U.S. was always blamed in the past .... in today's world the people of Central and South America have no one to blame but themselves.
