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In Uganda, although citizens campaigning against
corruption
or in favor of gay rights often faced a hostile public, they didn’t face jail time for demonstrating.
Chile’s Presidential MinuetBUENOS AIRES – Chile has been Latin America’s success story since the 1980’s, boasting rapid economic growth, successful integration into the world economy, solid democratic institutions, an effective state bureaucracy, and low levels of
corruption.
As the fourth estate, the media holds governments and corporations accountable by reporting on corruption, environmental degradation, and other violations of the public trust.
They say that the
corruption
during Correa’s presidency was no worse than under previous governments, and they applaud his government’s efforts to rein in the media, which they view as dishonest and representative of right-wing, corporate interests.
Having verified its massive corruption, human-rights violations, and crimes against humanity, the international community now recognizes that the principle of non-interference in countries’ internal affairs no longer applies.
Unsurprisingly, currency arbitrage has propelled Venezuela to the top ranks of global
corruption
indicators.
In agriculture and industry, bureaucracy and
corruption
have stifled the country’s comparative advantages, compounded by disruptions in energy supplies.
People do vote against crime and
corruption
as we could see in the Ukrainian and Belarussian elections in 1994.
In a world of political oppression and moral corruption, religious values offer an alternative moral universe.
Questions of capacity, corruption, and quality assurance remain unanswered, and with the US granting $1.5 billion a year for five years, any change in the EU stance would be relatively insignificant.
Liberal cycles, the historian Arthur Schlesinger thought, succumb to the
corruption
of power, conservative cycles to the
corruption
of money.
Keynesian economics, in turn, abstracted from the problem of official incompetence and
corruption
by assuming that governments were run by omniscient, benevolent experts.
While bureaucratic excess, entrenched corruption, and other inefficiencies beg remedy, the real challenge before India is its allegiance to a twentieth-century vision of modernity.
With myriad judicial and
corruption
scandals distorting the electoral process, there is now a growing disconnect between justice and democracy.
Earlier this month, electoral authorities decided that he could not, because of Brazil’s “clean slate” law – signed by Lula himself during his second term – which prohibits anyone with an upheld conviction for
corruption
from seeking public office.
Zhao pointed out to the Politburo that the sentiments expressed by the students and residents in their commemoration of Hu, in their protests against corruption, and their desire for democracy were really the same sentiments that they themselves held.
Bo Xilai, the son of one of Mao’s comrades and a supposed “immortal” of the revolution, was recently sentenced to life in prison after his conviction on charges of
corruption
and abuse of power.
In China, by contrast, pervasive corruption, the absence of a free press, and state capitalism mean that princelings’ conduct is unconstrained – and typically shrouded in secrecy.
But, thanks partly to persistent
corruption
– Iran ranks in the lowest quartile globally in this area – annual inflation exceeds 10%, and youth unemployment stands at 25%.
Bilateral tensions flared when Thai politics heated up after the September 2006 military coup that overthrew the democratically elected prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, on charges of
corruption
and disloyalty to the monarchy.
Poverty, cronyism, and official
corruption
heighten this popular frustration.
As long as people are held down,
corruption
is sure to rise, and the only answer to this is a policy of equality.
Most people, it seems, will tolerate a modest amount of political repression, including secret police, torture, and corruption, if it delivers security and a modicum of prosperity and fairness.
But, unlike Venezuela and Nicaragua, where
corruption
scandals are a pox on political life, Morales has tried to govern “cleanly” and, for the most part, has succeeded.
Yushchenko is careful not to criticize oligarchs but “bandits” and corruption, because smaller oligarchs support him.
Alas, if they are allowed to run the show, Ukraine might face more redistribution of fortunes than cleansing of corruption, letting the revolutionary public down.
Ideally, Yushchenko should reach out to the new professionals who have not as yet been intoxicated by the pervasive
corruption
of the old administration.
Unlike many of Latin America's freely elected governments, Castro has actually provided his constituents with public services - and without earning a reputation for
corruption.
Among Latin American countries, only Chile and Uruguay rate better than Cuba in Transparency International's
corruption
index.
We know what underpins peaceful societies: an equitable distribution of income, respect for minority rights, high education standards, low levels of corruption, and an attractive business environment.
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