Tag: corruption

• Wednesday, June 30th 2021 - 09:18 UTC

  Brazil: Allegedly corrupt official leaves post at Health Ministry as accusations make headlines

  

  A Brazilian government official who reportedly asked for a US $ 1 “surcharge” per vaccine dose has left his post, the Ministry of Health announced through a statement Tuesday.

• Tuesday, June 29th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  History of corruption and bribes behind doomed Florida building reported

  

  The developers of the building which collapsed last week in Southern Florida were under investigation for allegedly bribing local officials to get the permit to build the condominium which has left around 10 people confirmed dead plus some 150 others yet unaccounted for.

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:56 UTC

  Peruvian judge allows Keiko Fujimori to stay out of jail, for now

  

  Peruvian presidential contender Keiko Fujimori has been allowed to stay out of jail Monday, but the judge's decision bars her from meeting with her closest campaign aides.

• Tuesday, June 22nd 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Former Brazil President Lula Da Silva acquitted in yet another corruption case

  

  Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was acquitted due to lack of evidence Monday in one of the corruption cases for which he was being tried, it was announced.

• Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  “Health care corruption” in Europe worsened during the pandemic, Transparency International report

  

  The coronavirus pandemic has worsened corruption across the European Union, Transparency International said in its annual Global Corruption Barometer report for the EU, pointing out that health care has become a “hotspot for corruption”.

• Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 23:08 UTC

  Peru: Public Prosecutor requests preventive detention for Keiko Fujimori for failing to comply with probation

  

  The Peruvian public prosecutor's office has requested that conservative presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori be remanded in custody for failing to comply with “the obligations imposed by the Criminal Court of Appeals” by meeting with one of the witnesses in her alleged money laundering trial during a press conference, which she was prohibited from doing. The request is contained in a document circulating since Thursday with the signature of the prosecutor in charge of the Lava Jato case in Peru, José Domingo Pérez.

• Tuesday, June 1st 2021 - 07:23 UTC

  The Economist calls Mexican president “a false messiah” and appeals to vote against him next Sunday

  

  On Sunday next week, Mexicans will be electing hundreds of legislators and other state and local officials with the election attracting the attention of the latest edition of The Economist, which describes president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his policies as dangerous populism. The leading piece of The Economist has been met with outrage and ridicule in Mexico since the magazine insists Mexicans should absolutely not vote for Morena, the party of the incumbent president.

• Friday, May 21st 2021 - 08:43 UTC

  Former Uruguayan VP gets suspended jail sentence

  

  Former Uruguayan Vicepresident Raúl Sendic Rodríguez was handed down an 18-month suspended jail sentence Thursday for abuse of office and embezzlement.

• Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 17:12 UTC

  US lawmaker unveils list of corrupt Central American officials; another list expected in June

  

  Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35), the sole Central American serving in Congress and Co-Chair of the Central Americans Caucus, today praised a list prepared and released at her request by the U.S. State Department identifying corrupt officials in the Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

• Saturday, April 17th 2021 - 10:36 UTC

  Chile's judiciary imposes first ever jail sentence on politician found guilty of corruption

  

  Former conservative Senator Jaime Orpis has been bestowed Friday with the dubious honour of becoming Chile's first-ever politician to be handed down a jail sentence for his involvement in acts of corruption.