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Montevideo, April 20th 2024 - 14:41 UTC

Tag: corruption

  • Tuesday, March 21st 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    Venezuelan oil minister resigns amid corruption scandal

    Singled out as a drug lord by the United States, El Aissami said his sidestep sought to help investigators fight PDVSA corruption

    Venezuelan Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami Monday resigned his post on Monday after the opening of a corruption investigation involving the state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) in which two officials have already been arrested. El Aissami, a powerful ally of President Nicolás Maduro, has been singled out by the United States as an alleged drug lord.

  • Monday, March 6th 2023 - 09:22 UTC

    Former Ecuadorian President faces bribery charges

    Pre-trial detention is not allowed for people over 65 years of age, hence Moreno will only need to appear before Ecuadorian authorities bimonthly since he lives in Paraguay

    Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno and 36 other people have been indicted Sunday in connection with a possible case of corruption involving the construction of a hydroelectric plant by the Chinese company Sinohydro at a cost of US$ 2.245bn. Moreno attended his arraignment audience virtually, it was reported.

  • Thursday, March 2nd 2023 - 08:21 UTC

    Ecuador: Parliamentary Committee gives nod to President Lasso's impeachment

    Since losing his Constitutional reform referendum, Lasso seems weaker and many speculate he will not complete his presidency

    Ecuador's parliamentary committee investigating a corruption scandal approved by 6 votes to 1 to move on with the impeachment of President Guillermo Lasso, who has been linked to drug trafficking and possible crimes against the security of the State and the public administration, it was reported in Quito.

  • Thursday, February 9th 2023 - 09:47 UTC

    UN delegate busy fighting corruption in Asunción

    Candice Welsch met with US Ambassador Marc Ostfuield and Seprelad Deputy Minister Carmen Pereira Bogado among other local authorities

    The regional representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for the Andean Region and the Southern Cone (Undoc), Candice Welsch, has had a busy agenda in Asunción. She held separate meetings with US Ambassador Marc Ostfield and also with the Paraguayan Secretariat for the Prevention of Money Laundering (Seprelad). In both encounters, corruption and money laundering were the main topics.

  • Tuesday, January 31st 2023 - 19:25 UTC

    Denmark least corrupt country in the world; Uruguay in the Americas

    “The omnipresence of corruption in the Americas encourages many other crises that the region is going through,” Ferreira Rubio explained

    Denmark scored 90 points out of 100, to the top Transparency International's Index as the least corrupt country in the world, followed by Finland and New Zealand (87 points each). At the other end of the table were Somalia, Syria, and South Sudan. Uruguay was a Latin American country with better grades.

  • Monday, December 12th 2022 - 18:36 UTC

    United Kingdom calls for global community to continue fight against corruption

    The Security Minister Tom Tugendhat said: ”Illicit finance and corruption are a serious threat to global stability and our national security depends on taking decisive action.

    At the International Anti-Corruption Conference in Washington DC, the United Kingdom delegation emphasized the need for the global community to continue fighting illicit finance and corruption.

  • Sunday, December 11th 2022 - 08:22 UTC

    European Parliament VP arrested on suspicions of belonging to a criminal organization

    Belgium have arrested Greek Socialist MEP Eva Kaili, one of 14 European vice-presidents, in connection with an investigation into criminal organization.

    Police in Belgium have arrested Greek Socialist MEP Eva Kaili, one of 14 European Parliament vice-presidents, in connection with an investigation into a criminal organization, corruption, and money laundering that involves an unidentified Gulf state, but apparently, Qatar reported the Interpol office.

  • Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 19:05 UTC

    Former Guatemalan President and VP convicted in corruption probe

    Pérez Molina and Baldetti face other corruption charges for alleged malfeasance while in office

    Former Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina (2012-2015) has been sentenced to 16 years in prison alongside then-Vice-President Roxana Baldetti, in the so-called “La Línea” case involving an illicit association and customs fraud, which eventually led to their fall from office.

  • Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

    “Firing squad” sentence against CFK due Tuesday

    CFK plans a political response if convicted

    An Argentine Court is expected to announce a guilty verdict and an ensuing sentence against Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) for alleged acts of corruption committed during her presidential terms (2008-2015).

  • Wednesday, November 30th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

    Argentina: CFK likens court trying her to “a firing squad”

    Those who brought back the IMF and borrowed 45 billion dollars have no problem - they are in Qatar watching the World Cup, CFK said about Macri

    Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) likened the court to a firing squad in her “Last Words” Tuesday before judgment is passed in the case against her for alleged acts of corruption during her two-term presidency (2008-2015) regarding spending by the National Highway Administration (DNV).