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Montevideo, November 17th 2024 - 17:38 UTC

Tag: Luciana Torchiaro

  • Wednesday, January 26th 2022 - 14:28 UTC

    Uruguay and Chile, the least corrupt “in a corrupt continent”

    Uruguay gained two points since 2020 and ranks as the “least corrupt in a corrupt continent”.

    Corruption in Latin America is one of the most notorious problems on the region's agenda after a decade of major judicial operations that exposed corruption schemes involving governments and companies alike. According to Transparency International (TI), corruption has been entrenched in Latin America for more than a decade with little progress and many setbacks in terms of democracy and human rights.