El binomio política-corrupción en América Latina
Corruption is shaking the stability of the political systems of the region. Big scandals, in which millions of dollars from public funds have been embezzled, represent an unprecedented challenge to Latin American democracies. The new “normal” growth of the economies is way below what governments nee...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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2020
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7353490 |
| Source: | Revista de Derecho Electoral, ISSN 1659-2069, Nº. 29, 2020 |
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Corruption is shaking the stability of the political systems of the region. Big scandals, in which millions of dollars from public funds have been embezzled, represent an unprecedented challenge to Latin American democracies. The new “normal” growth of the economies is way below what governments need to fight poverty. The perception is that those in power depleting the treasury, and they continue to rapidly deteriorate the citizens’ satisfaction with democracy. Irregular use of money in politics is turning into one of the most frequent acts of corruption. The handing over of illegal resources in several electoral campaigns in Latin America, particularly in Brazil, Peru, Guatemala, Colombia, Honduras and El Salvador, among others, unveiled a transnational network of corruption that led to several judiciary processes. The region fights against a practice that keeps on weakening democratic institutions. The article presents some lessons of the “politics and corruption” binomial in Latin America. It provides a summary of the status of the Northern Triangle of Central America and presents a debate on the convenience of treating irregular funding as corruption |
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