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ARGENTINA: Corruption Cases Pick Up Speed
By Marcela Valente
BUENOS AIRES - While the popularity of the Argentine government of President Cristina Fernández is waning, allegations of corruption against public officials have mushroomed.
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Q&A: "Political Elites Ensure Continuing Flight of Dirty Money"
Hilaire Avril interviews RAYMOND BAKER, campaigner against corruption and money-laundering
PARIS - Illegal capital flight in the form of corrupt, criminal and illicit commercial proceeds out of developing economies could be as high as one trillion dollars a year.
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RIGHTS-INDIA: Gujarat State on Trial for Extrajudicial Killings
By Ranjit Devraj
NEW DELHI - When police in western Gujarat state claimed to have shot dead four members of the militant Lashkar-e-Toiba (Soldiers of God) group, otherwise known as LeT, including a 19-year-old girl student, on Jun. 15, 2004, in an ‘encounter,’ few believed them.
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GUATEMALA: Nine Arrested for Murder that Caused Political Turmoil
By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY - Nine suspects, including police officers and members of the military, have been arrested in Guatemala for the murder of prominent lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg, who had accused President Álvaro Colom of his murder in a video broadcast after his death.
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CHINA: Communist Resort Makeover Mirrors State’s Populist Shift?
Analysis by Antoaneta Bezlova
BEIDAIHE, China - The summer capital of China’s political intrigue is taking a break from the years of intense infighting and maneuvering that Chinese communist leaders used to engage in while hidden in their secluded villas.
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MEXICO: Priests Targeted in Drug-Related and Other Violence
By Emilio Godoy
MEXICO CITY - The priesthood has joined journalism as one of the most dangerous occupations in Mexico, according to a report by the Roman Catholic Bishops' Conference.
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SOUTH AFRICA: Price Fixing Can Land Company Directors in Jail
By Sybrandus Adema
CAPE TOWN - A series of high-profile cases in which big South African companies have been found guilty of fixing the prices of even basic foodstuffs have led to the adoption of a new law that will allow directors and managers to be sent to jail for 10 years or receive a fine of 45,000 euros.
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RIGHTS-INDIA: Judging the Judges’ Wealth
By Ranjit Devraj
NEW DELHI - By agreeing to make public details of their personal wealth, judges of India’s Supreme Court have conceded ground that could lead to better accountability in a judicial system set up under British colonial rule.
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COLOMBIA: From Espionage to Sabotage – and the Dirty War (Part 3)
Analysis by Constanza Vieira*
BOGOTÁ - For decades now, privacy in personal electronic communications has existed only on paper. But the most serious aspect of the espionage scandal that broke this year in Colombia lies in the use given to the information that was gathered.
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LATIN AMERICA: Investigative Journalists Show Their Mettle
By Ángel Páez
LIMA - "One way of ensuring the future of journalism is to improve content quality, and this means investigating what is deliberately hidden, like corruption," said Gerardo Reyes, a reporter for the Miami newspaper El Nuevo Herald, on a visit to the Peruvian capital.
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FINANCE-US: "Vulture Funds" Prey on Poor Debtor Nations
By Eli Clifton
WASHINGTON - Fifty advocacy organisations are calling on the U.S. Congress to put a stop to investment funds which purchase heavily indebted countries' debt and jeopardise the impact of bilateral and multilateral debt cancellation to over 30 countries.
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AFGHANISTAN: Karzai and Warlords Mount Massive Vote Fraud Scheme
Analysis by Gareth Porter*
WASHINGTON - Afghanistan's presidential election has long been viewed by U.S. officials as a key to conferring legitimacy on the Afghan government, but Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his powerful warlord allies have planned to commit large-scale electoral fraud that could have the opposite effect.
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GUATEMALA: Impunity, Corruption Drive Wave of Kidnappings
By Danilo Valladares
GUATEMALA CITY - Byron Ranulfo Rustrián was just 12 years old. He loved playing football and was a good student. On Jul. 23, a group of youngsters he didn't know invited him to play a match and he agreed, but it was a trap: he was kidnapped and his body turned up five days later.
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Corruption depletes national wealth and undercuts legitimacy. Transparency International says corruption is often to blame for already limited public resources being diverted to uneconomic high-profile projects, at the expense of less spectacular but more necessary development initiatives. Civil society is finding its voice to demand that those behind corrupt acts are held accountable.